Posted on 01/27/2022 11:36:56 AM PST by yesthatjallen
In the latest incident, a potential high-profile defection from China leaves open the possibility of the West getting inside information into one of Beijing’s most advanced hypersonic weapons.
China’s Stringent State Secret Laws
China’s state secret laws cover almost everything starting from industry data, all the way to the exact birth dates of state leaders. Information can even be designated as a state secret retroactively.
There is a wide range of punishments for leaking such sensitive information. In the most serious cases, a life sentence or death penalty can be doled out. For instance, in 2016, a Chinese computer technician named Huang Yu was reportedly sentenced to death for the crime of leaking over 150,000 classified documents to an unnamed foreign power.
Huang worked for a government department that was involved in handling state secrets. The documents he allegedly provided covered subjects ranging from military and financial issues in the country to details about the ruling communist party.
There have been a few other cases of people defecting and successfully handing over information to foreign powers, especially governments in the West.
Previous Defections
In February 2016, reports of the most “valuable defector” to flee to the US came out. This person was Ling Wancheng, the brother of Ling Jihua, who had served as the chief of staff to then-President Hu Jintao.
It was reported that Ling Wancheng had revealed details regarding Chinese procedures for launching nuclear weapons, the personal lives of Chinese leaders, and arrangements for their security amongst other things, to US investigators.
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Brandon will just hand him back.
Exactly my first thought as well…
Joe being on the take from China will see that he is returned.
I was a "Nuclear Weapons Specialist" but that doesn't mean I could build a nuclear weapon, or tell you how to.
Ping.
China wants him back, the Big Guy wants his 10%.
He’s more expendable than an American citizen in Afghanistan.
The poor guy does not realize that he just defected to Chinese government #2
“Brandon will just hand him back”.
That’s right.
Nice.
“Information can even be designated as a state secret retroactively…”
Sounds vaguely familiar…
Wonder if this story is on par with the high ranking guy from the MSS that supposedly defected last year, but turned up still in China.
What, the West might get to steal tech from China for a
change? Oh the humanities...
He thinks we are the old America. The new one is establishing itself as a satellite of China.
He defected to the UK, not to the USA.
If he seeks asylum in the US, he is toast because of all the chinese spies living here.
Yeah, it’s a real secret_
https://missilethreat.csis.org/missile/df-17/
http://www.military-today.com/missiles/df_17.htm
We know what it is, how it’s made, and have been monitoring and viewing its tests for a long time.
I’m not sure if the polar bears know about it yet.
wy69
The Chinese defector didn’t kill himself next week.
And mine as well. No kidding.
Convenient that he shows up right now with Biden failing miserably in office and his obvious ties to Chinese spy networks ….probably planting misinformation to throw off our own counter measures or provide cover for a Biden slip up
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