I have two angels in Beijing.  They are two Chinese men in their 60s, and it seems like they've been parachuted in my life by some supernatural force to jumpstart my singing career.
They are both Chinese PLA veterans.  Even though we've met quite a few times, I can never gather quite what they are doing, but the first angel is somehow involved with promoting peace on behalf of China at the UN.  He runs around 24/7 collecting namecards of Beijing embassadors (in his office, he has a collection of 30 books each with 600 embassy namecards in them,in my opinion, the Japanese embassy wins the prize for best design) and convincing these embassadors to attend Chinese dance and singing performances.
The second angel (I call him a clone of the first since he appeared later) is involved with the Chinese steel business, but claims to know everyone from journalists, to singers, artists, entrepreneurs, big fish.
None of these two are involved in the Chinese singing industry, but both of them have made it their goal to see me succeed.  They don't know each other, but they respond in the same way when I tell them: "and later on, maybe there is something I can help you with?"
"No no, my greatest gift would be to see you realize your dream."
The first angel has come through on his promise, getting me a performance on three CCTV channels prime time two weeks after we had met, and recently getting me a hosting opportunity which landed me an agent, a magazine cover modeling gig (although I don't know for which magazine yet, better watch it Aventurina!), and a hosting event among the Lu mountains.
The second angel is very enthusiastic, and I am already thankful for whatever his enthusiasm produces.

What does all this have to do with communism?  Well these two men are Maoists.  Or rather, the first angel is a confirmed Maoist, he wears the clothing pins, invited me to a die-hard Maoist commemoration of Mao's posthumous birthday in the countryside.  I'm pretty sure the second angel is Maoist, he worked for 20 years in the Chinese army.
The point is, these men are Maoists, traditional communists, and yet they are up to now, pretty much the sweetest two people I've met in China. True to their word, very loyal to their friends, and very supportive of people with dreams.  Because that is what Mao represents to them, a dream that came true.
In the words of my first angel, Mao is the one who made the Chinese people stand up.
These two men are also the two most open minded Chinese people I have met.  I remember when I was discussing career strategies with angel two, I was set on the get-on-TV-then-a-label-will-sign-you-on-and-you-are-set mentality.  In response, angel two quoted Deng Xiaoping: "sometimes to succeed, you must try many different paths, don't limit your thinking to one solution."  And as an Ivy League graduate, I thought I was the open-minded one.
And all these positive character traits I often find lacking among today's capitalistic Chinese youth.  Angel two is worried that Chinese people don't have religion (because that got pushed away by communism), now they don't have communism (because that gave way to capitalism), so they have money.  And when they're in the poor countryside where no one has money.  Then they have nothing.