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In 1951, Soong Ching-ling invited him to return to China to edit the magazine "China Reconstructs", which was later renamed "China Today". He remained editor-in-chief of "China Today" until his retirement at age 70, and stayed on as editor emeritus. During his tenure at "China Today", he became a Chinese citizen in 1957 and a member of the Communist Party of China in 1964. In 1955, 1965 and 1976 Epstein visited Tibet, and based on these three visits in 1983 published the book "Tibet Transformed".