Chinese officials asked the Trump administration to return scores of Chinese fugitives in the United States during last week's presidential summit in Florida.
The topic was raised during breakout sessions between senior U.S. and Chinese officials at the two-day summit between President Donald Trump and Chinese leader Xi Jinping at the Mar-a-Lago resort, the official said.
Among the high-priority targets sought by the Chinese is Ling Wancheng, younger brother of Ling Jihua, an aide to former Chinese Communist Party leader Hu Jintao who was imprisoned last year.
Chinese authorities have sought the return of Ling Wancheng since at least January 2016 in discussions with Justice Department and Homeland Security officials.
Ling Jihua, the former Hu Jintao aide, was sentenced to life in prison last July on corruption charges. He was one of the highest-ranking party officials imprisoned under Xi's anti-corruption drive, which critics say is part of a political purge of potential rivals in a bid by Xi to consolidate power.
Ling Wancheng disappeared from his Northern California home in the summer of 2015 and according to U.S. officials is under U.S. government protection.
http://freebeacon.com/national-security/china-asked-u-s-return-fugitives/=====================
Chinese Defector Reveals Beijing’s SecretsA defector from China
has revealed some of the innermost secrets of the Chinese government and military, including details of its nuclear command and control system, according to American intelligence officials.
Businessman Ling Wancheng disappeared from public view in California last year shortly after his brother, Ling Jihua, a former high-ranking official in the Communist Party, was arrested in China on corruption charges.
Ling Wancheng, the defector, has been undergoing a debrief by FBI, CIA, and other intelligence officials since last fall at a secret location in the United States, said officials familiar with details of the defection who spoke on condition of anonymity. The defector is said to be
a target of covert Chinese agents seeking to capture or kill him.
Among the information disclosed by Ling are
details about the procedures used by Chinese leaders on the use of nuclear weapons, such as the steps taken in preparing nuclear forces for attack and release codes for nuclear arms.
Other secrets revealed included
details about the Chinese leadership and its facilities, including the compound in Beijing known as Zhongnanhai. That information is said to be valuable for U.S. electronic spies, specifically for cyber intelligence operations targeting the secretive Chinese leadership.
http://freebeacon.com/national-security/chinese-defector-reveals-beijings-secrets/
