Liu Guozhi, a former top-ranking PLA scientist and nuclear test site commander, has been removed from the Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS) website. The 65-year-old high-power microwave weapon expert was elected to CAS in 2009. Some Chinese bloggers noted the removal on Thursday.
Liu Guozhi, a former top-ranking scientist in the Chinese military and one-time nuclear test site commander, has been removed from the website of the country’s top national research institute. Liu, 65, was elected to the Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS) in 2009, but some Chinese bloggers noted on Thursday that his profile was no longer listed on the site. According to his profile on the Tsinghua University alumni association, Liu is a high-power microwave weapon expert. He graduated from Tsinghua’s engineering physics department in 1983 and received his master’s and doctoral degrees from there in 1986 and 1992. Between 1986 and 2002, he worked at the Northwest Institute of Nuclear Technology in Xi'an, Shaanxi province, rising through the ranks to become director. The multidisciplinary applied physics research institute was established in 1963, with a focus on nuclear science and technology. Its main research directions include radiation detection, radiation effects, pulsed power technology, electromagnetic field and electromagnetic wave technology, laser technology, and explosion shock dynamics. The article does not specify the reason for the delisting.
