in 1935 feng, on his way to a conference in prague, stopped briefly in the soviet union and was impressed with the radical social changes and cultural ferment. his speeches extolling the utopian possibilities of communism, although also describing the mistakes he saw, drew attention from chiang kai-sheks's police. feng was arrested and spent a short time in jail, but soon became a firm supporter of the government and its resistance to japan. during the sino-japanese war he published works which supported the new life movement for revitalizing confucian values.