Very interesting information Cisco, in Australia, it would have been an interesting, but somewhat scary time for your Brother, I imagine. We have a lot of refugees from the Tiananmen days, people who simply couldn't return to China, for fear of torture and death.
Things have changed a lot in China, it is more a capitalist country, with a communist facade. We have many Chinese people that come and holiday in Australia now, and many from Taiwan, in Australia on working visas. China is becoming a lot more free, they still have a long way to go, but things are improving, even on the environmental front.