Yu Qiangsheng | |
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俞强声 | |
 Yu circa 1960 | |
| Born | Yu Qiangsheng 1940 |
| Disappeared | 1986 United States |
| 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 1985) |
| Agency | Central Intelligence Agency |
| Cryptonym | PLANESMAN |
Yu Qiangsheng (Chinese: 俞强声; born 1940, disappeared 1986) is a former high-ranking Chinese intelligence officer who defected to the United States in 1985. During a career which saw him rise to head of the North America Bureau of China's Ministry of State Security (MSS), Yu passed information to the Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) which most famously exposed CIA officer Larry Wu-Tai Chin as having been a mole for Chinese intelligence for more than 40 years.
Yu is reported to continue to live in the United States under federal protection, at one point under the pseudonym "Mr. Zhang."[2] In 2015, he was described by his former FBI handler as "the ultimate risk taker."
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