Shocker For Beijing: Chinese Hypersonic Weapons Technician Working On DF-17 Missiles Defects To The West — Reports

Eurasian Times ^ | 01 25 2022 | Shreya Mundhra

[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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[Lazamataz]

[Larry Lucido]

Well of course Hu’s on first! He hit the ball! So He was on first. But then the ball hit Him on the head, so He took His place, and Hu substituted for Him. Haven’t got an update on His condition or position yet. We will win this game, though! Soon as he warms up.

[Vision]

"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."

Only in a backward world would we get a headline like this. Our Forefathers are disgusting by us.

[Joe 6-pack]

Any Chinese defector is likely to be pumped by our intelligence agencies for data and information regarding internment/labor camps so Fedzilla can build our own here based on the Chinese model.

[Wally_Kalbacken]

I would not want to be his food taster.

[Thunder90]

Problem is that being in the UK doesn’t mean much. China can reach out and get him, so can the Russians with pulunoium drinks.

[Elsie]

he’ll get from him the secrets to the hypersonic missile.

I'll help: it goes REALLY fast!
It uses miracle fuel that no non-Chinese scientist knows anything about.

[Eleutheria5]

Anyone can take an ox’s gallbladder and fill it with magic fairy dust, sprinkle it on the tip of the missile. If you copy the ideograms and scrawl them in ox blood, it works like magic!