Returning to her fathers story, Amy explains that he was 33 years old when he returned to China, believing that the CCP would build a more just society with free education for all. They needed the business people to come back to China, because they did not have the wealth or ability to run the country.
Amy recalls, that during the Korean war, the CCP wanted business people to donate money to buy airplanes for the war effort. Everyone was required to donate money or supplies. Amy’s father’s business had to use clay to make their products, because of supply shortages. Her father’s friend was making educational stationary and other supplies. He acquired some plastic to make rulers, but the CCP insisted he needed to make supplies for the military. He didn’t have enough money to buy the materials. He was told he would be a patriotic hero and was given an IOU.
After the war, a movement was started to eliminate all the anti-revolutionaries. The business owners who were owed money were accused of being anti-revolutionaries, such that they would not be paid back. Amy’s father’s friend was falsely accused and executed.
Fortunately, Amy’s Father was not asked to supply the military directly. After the Korean war, Amy’s father was arrested for allegedly failing to disclose his former associations with the previous government. He was scheduled for execution, but fortunately he was not killed.
Michael Olsen mentions Xi saying that “you may live some other place, but you are still part of our family” and asks Amy if she has ever felt any pressure from the CCP. Amy explains that in the early 1990’s, her father intended to write a book about his life. However, an acquaintance in San Francisco was imprisoned for being a triple agent. He was killed or committed suicide in prison by putting a plastic bag on his head. Amy suggested to her father that he should not write the book, because she did not want a plastic bag to end up on his head.