May 28, 1897 - Dai Li
As head of the Nationalist government's Bureau of Investigation and Statistics, he built one of the most extensive secret police and intelligence apparatuses in Republican China, wielding surveillance, coercion, and assassination as instruments of political control. His network reached across occupied and free China alike, targeting not only Japanese operatives and collaborators but dissidents, rivals, and anyone deemed a threat to Chiang Kai-shek's authority. The opacity of his methods and the breadth of his reach earned him a reputation, during his lifetime, as among the most feared men in the country.
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Dai Li (Chinese: 戴笠; pinyin: Dài Lì; 28 May 1897 – 17 March 1946), courtesy name Yunong, was a Chinese lieutenant general and spymaster. Dai was born in Jiangshan, Zhejiang and later studied at the Whampoa Military Academy, where Chiang Kai-shek served as Chief Commandant, and later became head of the Bureau of Investigation and Statistics (BIS) within the Nationalist government of the Republic of China (ROC).
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