Wei made his way to Hong Kong in 1949, and moved to Beijing in 1955, where he would "participate in various organizations of the People's Republic" (Taylor, 2009, pp.  389).
Wei berhasil lari ke Hong Kong pada tahun 1949 dan pindah ke Beijing pada tahun 1955, tempat ia kemudian "terlibat dalam berbagai organisasi Republik Rakyat" (Taylor, 2009, hlm.