Yu Qiangsheng | |
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俞强声 | |
 Yu circa 1960 | |
| Born | 1940 (age 84–85) |
| Disappeared | 1986 Kai Tak Airport, Hong Kong, British Dependent Territories |
| Status | Whereabouts unknown |
| Citizenship | People's Republic of China United States (from 1985) |
| Alma mater | University of International Relations |
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| Espionage activity | |
| Allegiance | United States (from 1980) |
| Agency | Central Intelligence Agency |
| Service years | 1980–1986 |
| Cryptonym | PLANESMAN |
Yu Qiangsheng (FBI code name: PLANESMAN; Chinese: 俞强声; born 1940, disappeared 1986) is a former high-ranking Chinese intelligence officer who defected to the United States in 1985. Born into an elite princeling family, Yu ascended to head of North American operations for China's Ministry of State Security (MSS), during which time he acted as a double agent, passing information to the US Central Intelligence Agency (CIA). Described by his former FBI handler as "the ultimate risk taker", Yu ultimately fled China for the United States in 1986. His disclosures most famously exposed CIA officer Larry Wu-Tai Chin as having been a mole for China for more than 40 years.
Yu disappeared upon resettling in the US in 1986, but is reported to be alive, living under government protection.[1]
- ^ "解密时刻: 中情局里的红色间谍(最终回)" [Declassification Moment: Red Spies in the CIA (Final Chapter)]. Chinese Pen (in Chinese (China)). 11 December 2015. Retrieved 14 November 2023.