The Mistress-Industrial Complex

Corruption among Chinese officials at all levels is a longstanding, tenacious problem that the top leadership has so far been unable, or unwilling, to uproot. With a number of recent scandals involving the mistresses of corrupt officials, one academic has a novel idea of how to curb illicit behavior. ...
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2 Responses to The Mistress-Industrial Complex

  1. Will says:

    Perhaps some websites could be set up with supportive postings for neglected cadre mistresses and former and current mistress-keeping cadres who need help for their problems along the lines of Alcoholics Anonymous. Ernai Anonymous, Xiaosan Anonymous, Xiao laopo Anonymous, Randy Cadre Anonymous.

  2. [...] that he constructed a building called “Huang Tower,” where he would entertain them. The “Mistress-Industrial Complex” is nothing new in China, where keeping a mistress – or mistresses – is a status symbol for [...]

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