In foreign affairs, the Chinese communist regime was locked in opposition with such Western nations as England and America and was also faced off against the Republic of China across the Taiwan Strait. "It didn't trust any of its citizens and was particularly suspicious of those who might have links to the 'American imperialists' or who had connections abroad or to Taiwan," Wang Chunliu says.
原來當時中共政權外與英、美等國對抗，又和國民政府隔海峽對峙，自然「對一切都不信任，尤其懷疑有和『美帝』有掛鉤嫌疑、有『海外關係』和『台灣關係』的人」，王純流指出。