 The senators also highlighted Wu Xiaohui's connections to the Communist Party of China, including his marriage to Zhuo Ran, the granddaughter of influential Chinese leader Deng Xiaoping.Another prominent Anbang owner was Chen Xiaolu, the son of People's Liberation Army Marshall Chen Yi and a princeling who confessed to torturing public school teachers during the Cultural Revolution as a member of the Chinese Red Guards.Shortly after the reports were made, Anbang denied that they were looking to invest in the building and no deal came to fruition, due in part to political pressure both in China and the United States.