Nie Xi
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Nie Xi | |||||||
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聂曦 | |||||||
 Nie in 1946 | |||||||
| Born | 1917 | ||||||
| Died | 1950 (aged 32–33) | ||||||
| Occupations | Military officer, revolutionary | ||||||
Political party | Chinese Communist Party | ||||||
| Parent | Nie Haoran | ||||||
| Relatives | Nie Lei (brother) | ||||||
| Chinese name | |||||||
| Simplified Chinese | 聂曦 | ||||||
| Traditional Chinese | 聶曦 | ||||||
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| Birth name | |||||||
| Simplified Chinese | 聂能辉 | ||||||
| Traditional Chinese | 聶能輝 | ||||||
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Nie Xi (Chinese: 聂曦; 1917 – 10 June 1950) was a military officer in the National Government and a spy for the Chinese Communist Party (CCP).
Nie was born Nie Nenghui (聂能辉) in 1917 in Fuzhou, Fujian, to Nie Haoran (聂浩然).[1][2][3] He had a younger brother Nie Lei (聂磊).[3] He joined the Nationalist military and rose to the rank of colonel.[1][2] He held several logistical and administrative positions, including section chief of the General Services Division in the Defense Ministry's Historical and Political Bureau and, later, chief of the Liaison Section within the Logistics Department of the Southeast Military and Administrative Command.[1][2]
Espionage activities
Despite his position in the National Government, Nie was a dedicated communist agent.[1][2] He served as the aide-de-camp to Lieutenant General Wu Shi, a high-ranking KMT official who was also a secret CCP agent.[1][2]
In 1949, as KMT forces retreated to Taiwan, a critical task was the disposal of a vast archive of military documents in Fuzhou.[1][2] Under Wu's orders, Nie played a pivotal role in covertly ensuring that 298 crates of these highly classified military archives were transferred to the People's Liberation Army (PLA) instead of being destroyed or moved to Taiwan.[1][2]
Demonstrating immense courage, Nie then followed Wu to Taiwan to continue intelligence work.[1][2] There, he acted as a key liaison between Wu and Zhu Feng (also known as Zhu Fengzhi), a female CCP agent dispatched from Hong Kong.[1][2] Nie was instrumental in facilitating the handover of crucial intelligence, including Taiwan's defense deployment maps, from Wu to Zhu.[1][2]
