He finally left Brazil in 1973, the year before it was expected to recognize Communist China. Chang, who had refused have anything to do with the Communists all his life, never returned.
一九七三年大師離巴赴美，詎料第二年巴西宣佈與中共建交，一生不願與共黨打交道的大千先生，從此再也不曾回過巴西。