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  • In1986,Taiwan-based China Airlines pilot Wang Xijue 王锡爵 aka Johnny Wang Shi Chuen, who flew u-2 flights over the Mainland in the 60s defected to the Mainland in a China Airlines cargo plane.

    Archive 2008-01-01 2008

  • In1986,Taiwan-based China Airlines pilot Wang Xijue 王锡爵 aka Johnny Wang Shi Chuen, who flew u-2 flights over the Mainland in the 60s defected to the Mainland in a China Airlines cargo plane.

    An Incomplete History of Chinese Plane Hijackings 2008

  • Its development grew more urgent in 1960 when soviet air defenses shot down Francis Gary Power's u-2, the CIA needed a plane that could fast fly and high enough to elude missiles.

    CNN Transcript Sep 23, 2007 2007

  • Because you can ` t just count out people like u-2.

    CNN Transcript Feb 7, 2006 2006

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