About Mao Renfeng
Lived 1898 – 1956 (aged 58). Mao Renfeng was a politician and spymaster.
Mao Renfeng (; 5 January 1898 – 11 December 1956) was a Republic of China general and spymaster who headed the Bureau of Investigation and Statistics (BIS, also known as the Counterintelligence Bureau and, after 1955, the Intelligence Bureau) from 1946 until his death, succeeding his childhood friend Dai Li, who died in a plane crash in 1946. Between 1946 and 1949, his spy agency played a prominent role in the Chinese Civil War. In 1949, he fled to Taiwan with the rest of the Nationalist government, where he died 7 years later.
The CIA reported Mao Renfeng and general Tang Enbo, among other loyalists of Chiang Kai-shek, to have convened with the Generalissimo in Kaohsiung on 20 June 1949. More than two years later, a report was furnished to the CIA with the following content:
Beginning on 25 May 1955, Mao's BIS secret agents, in conjunction with political warfare officers and military police, began arresting and torturing the subordinates of General Sun Li-jen for being pro-American in an alleged coup against Chiang Kai-shek's regime, for collaborating with the Central Intelligence Agency to take control of Taiwan, and for declaring Taiwanese independence;
His son, Robert Yu-Lang Mao, is currently chairman of Hewlett-Packard China.
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Who was Mao Renfeng?
Chinese spymaster (1898-1956)
When was Mao Renfeng born?
Mao Renfeng was born on 5 January 1898 in Hecun, Jiangshan, Jiangshan, Qing Dynasty, Zhejiang.
When did Mao Renfeng die?
Mao Renfeng died on 11 December 1956 in Taipei, Taiwan.
What was Mao Renfeng's occupation?
Mao Renfeng was a politician and spymaster.
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