Xiong Guangkai

Xiong Guangkai

Xiong Guangkai was born in Shanghai in 1939. He joined the army in 1956 and the Chinese Communist Party in 1959. Xiong was Deputy Director (1984-88) and later Director (1988-92) of the People’s Liberation Army General Staff Intelligence Department, Assistant (1992-96) and later Deputy Chief-of Staff (1996-2005). In 1988 he was conferred the rank of Major General, in 1994 Lieutenant General and in 2000 General.

Xiong also served on the Central Leading Group on Taiwan, [http://media.hoover.org/documents/clm17_jm.pdf] He was also Alternate Member of the 14th, 15th and 16th Central Committees and is currently an Adjunct Professor at Qinghua and Beijing Universities and Chairman of the Chinese Institute for International Securities Studies [ http://www.ceibs.edu/cal/2008d1.htm. ]

In 1995, General Xiong was widely, and incorrectly quoted as threatening to use nuclear weapons against Los Angeles. The person to whom he was alleged to have said this, Chas Freeman, denies it. [ [http://www.armscontrolwonk.com/433/gertz-and-xiong-a-love-torn-asunder ArmsControlWonk: Gertz and Xiong: A Love Torn Asunder ] ]

Notes

External links

* [http://www.china-embassy.org.ph/eng/xwdt/t197769.htm PLA Deputy Chief of General Staff Xiong Guangkai Visited the Philippines]
* [http://www.newsmax.com/archives/articles/2002/12/9/154606.shtml Red General and the First Lady]
* [http://chinavitae.com/biography_display.php?id=2214 China Vitae]


Wikimedia Foundation. 2010.

Игры ⚽ Поможем написать реферат

Look at other dictionaries:

  • People's Liberation Army —   中国人民解放军   Emblem of the People s Liberation Army Founded August 1, 1927 Service branches …   Wikipedia

  • Third Taiwan Strait Crisis — The Third Taiwan Strait Crisis, also called the 1995 1996 Taiwan Strait Crisis or the 1996 Taiwan Strait Crisis, was the effect of a series of missile tests conducted by the People s Republic of China in the waters surrounding Taiwan including… …   Wikipedia

  • Zhu Chenghu — Professor Zhu Chenghu (朱成虎, born 1952, in Dangtu, Anhui, China) is the dean of the Defense Affairs Institute for China s National Defense University of the People s Liberation Army. He holds the rank of Major General.Zhu is most famous for… …   Wikipedia

  • List of World War II topics (X-Y-Z) — NOTOC X # X 10 Graphite Reactor # X Day # X Corps (United Kingdom) # X Corps (United States) # X Force # X SS Corps (Germany) # X. B. Saintine # Xan Fielding # Xavier Gravelaine # Xavier Le Pichon # Xavier Lesage # Xavier Marmier # Xavier Vallat… …   Wikipedia

  • China–Philippines relations — The Philippines and China established diplomatic relations on June 9, 1975 with the signing of the Joint Communiqué by leaders of the two countries. Since then bilateral relations between the two countries have developed steadily despite some… …   Wikipedia

Share the article and excerpts

Direct link
… Do a right-click on the link above
and select “Copy Link”