Career
He joined the army in 1956 and the Chinese Communist Party in 1959. Xiong was Deputy Director (1984-1988) and later Director (1988-1992) of the People"s Liberation Army General Staff Intelligence Department, Assistant (1992-1996) and later Deputy Chief-of Staff (1996–2005). In 1988 he was conferred the rank of Major General, in 1994 Lieutenant General and in 2000 General.
In 1995, General Xiong was widely but incorrectly quoted as threatening to use nuclear weapons against Los Los Angeles
The person to whom he was alleged to have said this, Chas Freeman, denies lieutenant
