Wang Xuecheng

Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. Wang Xuecheng (¿¿¿) was a People's Liberation Army Naval Air Force pilot who defected to Taiwan on November 14, 1983; and Taiwan rewarded him a position as a major in the Republic of China Air Force and 3,000 taels (approximately 150 kg) of gold.Wang was born in Kaifeng, 1958 into a family with distinguished revolutionary background. His grandparents and parents participated in the communist struggles against the ruling nationalist Chinese government prior to the establishment of the People's Republic of China, but were later persecuted and jailed during the political movements in China, such as the Cultural Revolution, which resulted in the death of his grandfather. This was the major cause of his defection. During his pilot training, Wang was a classmate of another PLA defector Wu Ronggen (¿¿¿), who had defected on October 16, 1982. Wang joined People's Liberation Army after graduated from high school and in March 1974, entered a basic aviation training school of the PLAAF in Baoding. After completing all of his training, he was assigned to People's Liberation Army Naval Air Force and eventually promoted to a squadron commander.