Dr. Lo Lung-chi, information chief of China's bitterly anti-Kuomintang Democratic League, felt that he was being watched, and he had his reasons. One evening recently police knuckles rapped on the gates of the Democratic League headquarters. It was just a routine check on residence registration, they said. Police had long been interested in the building; it was the property (and had once been the headquarters) of the Communist Party of China.
"Ai Ya!"—the Box! After the police departed, Dr. Lo & friends burned confidential documents. Among the items tossed on the fire was...