Mr. Epstein hung Mao 's portrait on his bedroom wall ; knew the American journalist Edgar Snow well enough to help edit his books ; was a protege of the widow of Sun Yat-sen , the founder of China 's first republic ; and was able to say the five years he spent in prison on false charges during the Cultural Revolution had helped improve him by shrinking his ego .
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