Liu Yiliang

Liu Yiliang

Liu Yiliang (December 7, 1932 - October 15, 1984), a famous Chinese American writer, critic and journalist, was born in Jingjiang, Jiangsu Province under the pseudonym "Jiangnan". Jiangnan used to be a spy of the FBI. After finishing junior high school in his hometown, he left the mainland to Taiwan alone with the Kuomintang. In 1967, he moved to the United States, and published a large number of revelations about Chiang's father and son's rule over Taiwan under the pseudonym of Jiangnan. On October 15, 1984, he was shot and killed in a garage in a suburb of San Francisco.

Life of the characters

Liu Yiliang was born in Jingjiang County, Jiangsu Province in 1932. In his early years, his father was suppressed by the New Fourth Army in 1941 (that's why Liu Yiliang was referred to by Taiwan's intelligence as "betraying his family's hatred"), and his mother died of starvation.

In 1949, he left the mainland alone with the KMT and went to Taiwan. He first trained in the "Ministry of national defense" political cadre training class and political cadre school sponsored by Jiang Jingguo, and then studied in the English Department of Taipei Normal University. After graduation, he worked as a reporter for Taiwan Daily.

In 1967, he was stationed in the United States as a special correspondent of Taiwan Daily and became an American. His secret identity was as an intelligence agent of the Kuomintang. During his stay in the United States, he published a large number of articles under the pseudonym of Jiangnan, revealing the dark scenes of Chiang's father and son's rule over Taiwan, and created biography of Chiang Ching Kuo and biography of Long Yun (the first part). After he was killed, the sequel of biography of Long Yun was completed by his good friend Hou Rongsheng, who was in the United States. He also translated the English version of biography of Wu Guozhen. After the biography of Jiang Jingguo was serialized in Los Angeles Tribune, it was regarded as insulting to the head of state by the Kuomintang authorities because it described the internal struggle between the Chiang family and the Kuomintang factions. Moreover, the Kuomintang intelligence system found that Liu Yiliang was a double-sided spy collecting intelligence for the mainland, so it imposed family law to punish him Wang Xiling, United Bamboo Gang, was introduced to the newspaper director, Chen Qili, who sent the United Bamboo Gang to San Francisco to kill Liu Yiliang in Delhi, the United States. After that, the United States sent the FBI to Taiwan to show concern. Only then did it learn that Liu Yiliang was also an FBI informant of the United States and was a spy on one or three sides.

On October 15, 1984, Liu Yiliang was assassinated in his garage in San Francisco. As soon as the story spread, it shocked people at home and abroad. Friends in Jiangnan asked the authorities to thoroughly investigate the murderer.

The FBI immediately found out that the murderer was Chen Qili, Wu Dun and Dong Guisen, United Bamboo gang of Taiwan. After Chen Qili and Wu Dun fled to China, they were arrested by the government in the name of "Yiqing project"; Dong Guisen absconded overseas (finally arrested in Brazil and extradited to the United States). The United States failed to ask the Kuomintang government for the extradition of Chen Qili and Wu dun. Instead, it revealed to the press that it had mastered a tape made by Chen Qili just in case, which confirmed that the KMT government intelligence officers were involved in the case. On January 10, 1985, Jiang Jingguo ordered the arrest of intelligence director Wang Xiling, deputy director Hu Yimin and deputy director Chen Humen, demanding a thorough investigation of the case. On January 13, the Central News Agency issued a message admitting that intelligence officials were involved in the Jiangnan homicide.

On March 1, Chen Qili's close friend Zhang Anle (nicknamed White Wolf) suddenly attended the "Jiangnan homicide speech forum" held by the Taiwanese community in Los Angeles with an anonymous "figure" who kept the tape for Chen Qili, announcing that "Jiang Xiaowu is the murderer of Jiangnan." Although the government sentenced Chen Qili, Wu Dun and Wang Xiling to life imprisonment, Hu Minyi and Chen Humen to two years and six months' imprisonment, after two commutations, they served more than six years of imprisonment and were released on parole, but they could not stop the world from talking about Jiang Xiaowu's involvement in the case. Chen Qili and Wu Dun were first arrested in the Yiqing special case, then transferred to the court and sentenced by the ordinary court.

On July 1, 1985, Chiang Ching Kuo ordered the cancellation of the "Taiwan Defense Intelligence Agency", merging its business with the special military intelligence office of the headquarters of the general staff, and forming another "military intelligence agency", under the command of the chief of the general staff. The director of the bureau is Lu Guangyi, the former commander of the eighth Corps. Since then, until his death, when the head of the intelligence administration was vacant, Chiang Ching Kuo preferred to take over as a military general rather than promoting people in the intelligence administration system. Cui Rongzhi, Liu Yiliang's widow, sued Taiwan in the United States and received $1.45 million in compensation in 1990. She later married Lu Keng, a well-known journalist.

The murder in Jiangnan shocked both sides of the Pacific Ocean. The US government was surprised and angry at Taiwan's attempt to kill its informants in the United States, and Taiwan's image has also suffered an unprecedented setback. Although Jiang Xiaowu, who was accused of being involved in the case, was able to withdraw completely, he gradually faded out of the core of the government's decision-making.

social influence

Liu is good at writing, and his works mostly involve Taiwan politicians. When he was studying in American University, he collected a lot of materials and prepared to write a doctoral thesis on the topic of Jiang Jingguo's life and political thought. Later, because he failed to apply for a scholarship, he failed to achieve his wish. Later, he wrote the biography of Jiang Jingguo in his spare time. It was serialized in the Tribune of California in 1983. This book has been written since Chiang Kai Shek's childhood and has been written about Chiang's experience in Taiwan. Due to its rich content and sharp writing, it has a considerable number of readers in the United States and Hong Kong. Although the introduction of this book is strictly prohibited by the Taiwan authorities, it has long been widely circulated among Taiwan scholars.

The influence of Jiang Jingguo's biography at home and abroad shocked the Taiwan authorities, and later led to the discovery of Liu's triple espionage identity. Liu Yiliang's identity as a writer of books and biographies conceals the true identity of American informants, and at the same time collects intelligence for the mainland and Taiwan. Before the Taiwan authorities checked, both the mainland and Taiwan were in the dark. So after the Jiangnan case, the United States was immediately angry, and the FBI immediately participated in it.

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