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*On [[November 11]], [[1965]], Li Xianbin (李显斌), a [[People's Liberation Army Air Force|PLAAF]] [[captain]] of [[Ilyushin Il-28]] of the 8th [[Division (military)|division]] flew his [[bomber]] numbered 0195 from Jianqiao (笕桥) air base in [[Hangzhou]] to [[Chiang Kai-shek International Airport]], and this was the [[Ilyushin Il-28#First Il-28 in the West|first fully operational Il-28 in western hands]]. The radio operator / tail gunner Lian Baosheng (廉保生) was found dead at the scene and the navigator Li Caiwang (李才旺) was captured alive after failed suicide attempt. Both survivors were honored and rewarded positions in the [[Republic of China Air Force]]. Li Xianbin (李显斌) was rewarded 2,000 [[tael]]s (approximately 100 [[kg]]) of [[gold]], while Li Caiwang (李才旺) was rewarded 1,000 [[tael]]s (approximately 50 [[kg]]) of [[gold]]. Since Lian Baosheng (廉保生) was dead, his reward of 1,000 [[tael]]s (approximately 50 [[kg]]) of [[gold]] was divided evenly among Li Xianbin (李显斌) and Li Caiwang (李才旺).
**Li Xianbin (李显斌) made headlines in [[Taiwan]] years later when he demanded to have all of the rewards because his unfair treatment by [[Taiwan]]. Li Xianbin (李显斌) claimed that he was the sole defector, and the other two were actually captured due to his defection, a fact that was later agreed by both [[Taiwan]] and Li Caiwang (李才旺), the surviving navigator himself. Li Xianbin (李显斌) claimed that for the political propaganda purpose, all crew onboard were honored as defectors, which was far from the truth, but he was not successful in getting all of the [[gold]] reward. After honorably discharged as [[colonel]] from the [[Republic of China Air Force]], Li Xianbin (李显斌) obtained [[Permanent resident (Canada)|Canadian residency]]. Li Xianbin (李显斌) made headlines again in [[1992]] when he returned to [[China]] via [[Canada]] after he learned that his mother was about to die. After his return to [[Qingdao]] in [[October]] [[1992]], he was eventually arrested by the local Public Security Bureau when he was on his way to the airport for his return trip to [[Canada]]. Li Xianbin (李显斌) was first sentenced to 15 years but later reduced to 10, and the sentence was further reduced drastically because it was discovered that he had [[stomach cancer]] that was in its terminal stage. Li Xianbin (李显斌) was released early and died shortly after his release. Many elements of the [[Chinese democracy movement]] first accused the [[Chinese]] goverment was inhumane for not allowing Li Xianbin (李显斌) to go back to [[China]] to visit his dying mother, and then accused the [[Chinese]] government was trying to repatriate Li Xianbin (李显斌) to either [[Taiwan]] or [[Canada]] because the regime did not want to foot the bill for his treatment, since Li Xianbin (李显斌) did not have his assets transfered to [[China]]. The [[Chinese]] government countered that knowing he would die soon, Li Xianbin (李显斌) did not want to leave China because he wanted to be burried with his mother.
**Li Caiwang (李才旺), the navigator of the Il-28 was seriously wounded by Li Xianbin (李显斌) during the latter's defection and was forced to accept his fate after his suicide attempt failed. During his stay in the hospital for the gun shot he received in the shoulder, the nurse who took care of him fell in love with him and told him that she was also responsible to perform surveillance on him, under the order of the [[Republic of China]] government. The two eventually married and moved into the nurse's home, but were still under constant surveillance: A [[major general]] of the [[Republic of China]] military had a son that was going to a school near the couple's home, so he rented a room at their residence for years to keep Li Caiwang (李才旺) under surveillance. Although the [[major general]] and his son finally moved out, Li Caiwang (李才旺) had no intention to stay in [[Taiwan]], and since the wife's sister was married to an American, Li Caiwang (李才旺) and his wife immigrated to the [[United States]] in [[1972]] after his honorable discharge from the [[Republic of China Air Force]] as a [[colonel]]. The couple became naturalized citizens of the [[United States]] in [[1979]]. In [[1982]], Chinese diplomats contacted Li Caiwang (李才旺) in the [[United States]] and got his side of the story, and after a prolonged investigation, the [[Chinese]] government rehabilitated Li Caiwang (李才旺) in [[1984]]. After several visit to [[China]] in the [[1990]]'s, Li Caiwang (李才旺) eventually resettled in [[China]] in [[1998]].
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