one of his division commanders went over to communists with his unit. He tried to break out again but was captured alive, only his deputy commander Hu Lien was able to escape back to Nanjing. Study of perpetual motion While in Communist prisons, Huang Wei refused to admit that he was wrong in supporting Chiang Kai-shek and the Kuomintang government. In order to escape communist indoctrination classes, he devoted his time to the study of perpetual motion, in 1968 he received personal funds from Zhou Enlai so he could conduct experiments. The experiments did not succeed, but when he was released in 1975 he continued to pursue the concept. He died in Beijing on March 30, 1989. References US Naval War College National Revolutionary Army generals from Jiangxi Chinese people of World War II 1904 births 1989 deaths Chinese prisoners of war Recipients of the Order of the Sacred Tripod People from Yingtan