On this day, 40 years ago, October 11, 1985 (August 27, 1985 in the lunar calendar), Jiangnan's widow sued for compensation from the Taiwan authorities. On October 11, 1985, Cui Rongzhi, the widow of Chinese-American writer Jiangnan (Liu Yiliang), filed a lawsuit in the U.S. District Court of California, accusing the Taiwan authorities and Jiangnan murderers Wang Xiling, Chen Qili and other criminals, and demanding compensation from the Taiwan authorities of US$295 million. The lawsuit filed by Cui Rongzhi's lawyer pointed out that the terrorist atrocity of Jiangnan on October 15, 1984 was arranged and carried out by intelligence officials of the Taiwan authorities on behalf of the Taiwan authorities "within the scope of their official duties." The lawsuit emphasized that the trial and verdict of Wang Xiling, Chen Qili and other criminals "carefully directed" by the Taiwan authorities aimed to deliberately "narrow the scope of responsibility" and "exonerate the Taiwan authorities from guilt." The lawsuit also stated that Jiangnan's murder deprived his wife and son of family warmth and financial support. According to reports, the California Federal District Court accepted the lawsuit on October 11. According to a report today by the Chinese-language newspaper China Daily, Cui Rongzhi told the newspaper reporter that it had been nearly a year since Jiangnan was killed, but the murder case was still "the water fell but the stone had not yet emerged." The reason why she entrusted a lawyer to file this lawsuit was mainly because she "did not want the Jiangnan murder case to be ended like this." She said that such a settlement would not comfort the souls of Jiangnan.