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Ho Liang Shung (April 15, 1879–May 14, 1952) was a Chinese engineer and spy. In January 1904, Ho and
Sidney Reilly Sidney George Reilly (; – 5 November 1925), known as the "Ace of Spies", was a Russian-born adventurer and secret agent employed by Scotland Yard's Special Branch and later by the Foreign Section of the British Secret Service Bureau, the p ...
stole the Port Arthur harbor defense plans for the Japanese navy, enabling it to navigate through the Russian minefield protecting the harbor, in the
Battle of Port Arthur The of 8–9 February 1904 marked the commencement of the Russo-Japanese War. It began with a surprise night attack by a squadron of Imperial Japanese Navy, Japanese destroyers on the neutral country, neutral Imperial Russian Navy, Russian fl ...
. The surprise attack was allegedly made possible by the intelligence gathering of Sidney Reilly and Ho Liang Shung in June. Ho was a Chinese
engineer Engineers, as practitioners of engineering, are professionals who Invention, invent, design, build, maintain and test machines, complex systems, structures, gadgets and materials. They aim to fulfill functional objectives and requirements while ...
working for the head marine architect Svirski. Ho Liang Shung had a detailed knowledge of the harbor defense plans.


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Chinese engineers Chinese spies People of the Russo-Japanese War 1879 births 1952 deaths {{China-engineer-stub