Mao Renfeng

Mao Renfeng (Chinese: 毛人鳳; Wade–Giles: Mao Jen-feng; 5 January 1898 – 11 December 1956) was a Republic of China general and spymaster who headed the Bureau of Investigation and Statistics (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 along with the rest of the Nationalist government fled to Taiwan where he died 7 years later.

Mao Renfeng
毛人鳳
Minister of the Bureau of Investigation and Statistics
In office
17 March 1946  11 December 1956
PresidentChiang Kai-shek
Preceded byDai Li
Personal details
Born(1898-01-05)5 January 1898
Hecun, Jiangshan, Zhejiang, Qing Dynasty
Died11 December 1956(1956-12-11) (aged 58)
Taipei, Taiwan
NationalityChinese
ChildrenRobert Yu-Lang Mao
Military service
Allegiance Republic of China
Years of service1925-1956
RankGeneral
Battles/warsSecond Sino-Japanese War
World War II
Chinese Civil War

His son Robert Yu-Lang Mao is currently the chairman of Hewlett-Packard China.[1]

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