Lieutenant General Liu (Chinese: 柳中将, pinyin: Liǔ zhōngjiàng) is a soldier in the People's Liberation Army in the People's Republic of China. He is a leader in the 2nd Department of the PLA's General Staff Department(s) in their work in cyber warfare.
Appearance[]
Liu is an older Chinese man with short gray hair slicked back and styled in a frontal widow's peak. He has a broad figure with a square head and wears a Chinese PLA Lieutenant General uniform.
History[]
The Wired Red Wild Card[]
After Li Xinlin's failed cyberattack on the German company Reinbach A.G. implicated the Chinese government in corporate espionage, Liu angrily confronted Colonel Ma, who was Xinlin's immediate superior. Senior Colonel Zhang also yelled at Ma, but Liu ordered him to quiet down since he would do the talking. Summarizing the dire situation, Liu stated that he was contacted by Wang Jinyong of the Ministry of State Security regarding national security. Liu then ordered Second Lieutenant Yeyin to read the MSS's report, and she told Ma that Reinbach A.G. was accusing the PLA of theft of Reinbach's avionics data, elaborating that they had evidence that the hacker was an active member of the PLA. Reinbach's company was attacked two months before via the same server, using Annenheim Distributions as a backdoor. Liu confirmed that Annenheim was indeed a front company for the PLA's GSD 2nd Department. Confused, Ma responded that it could not be possible since his team got the information by bribing a Reinbach engineer, and that Annenheim was merely used to conceal the dealings with the engineer, so the recent infiltration via Annenheim was not true.
Pessimistically, Liu replied that the truth was not their concern since Reinbach's original accusation about the front company was correct and the evidence left behind by Xinlin was all the company needed to back their accusation. Because of the potential international repercussions and the MSS's involvement, General Liu's team said that Xinlin was likely a double agent. Ma rebuffed the notion that Xinlin double crossed the PLA, clarifying that his department's mission was merely to infiltrate a counterfeiting group to understand their technology and methods. Nonetheless, Liu articulated that the MSS was using the situation to conduct an internal investigation, which would likely result in purges. Since Annenheim's connection to the 2nd Department was enough evidence, Liu said that the ties would be hidden and Xinlin would have to be charged with treason to avoid their own purging, giving Ma 72 hours to solve the situation while Liu deflected the MSS's investigation, leaving Ma's office afterward.[1]
After the assassins that Colonel Ma contracted failed to initially kill Xinlin in Roanapur, Liu summoned him to his office, where he berated Ma for hiring people who could not succeed or finish the murder quickly. The lieutenant general finished their talk by clarifying that if the situation was not solved in three days, then specialists would be sent to kill Xinlin as a last resort and Ma would most likely be purged from his position.[2]
Trivia[]
- In a popularity contest during the 10th manga collection release, Liu ranked 47th (tying with several characters) with 3 votes.[3]
- In a popularity contest during the 12th manga collection release, Liu ranked 76th (tying with several characters) with 0 votes.[4]