{"id":12932,"date":"2007-05-30T05:25:15","date_gmt":"2007-05-30T12:25:15","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/chinadigitaltimes.net\/2007\/05\/30\/south-china-province-to-ban-keeping-of-mistresses-reuters\/"},"modified":"2007-05-30T05:25:15","modified_gmt":"2007-05-30T12:25:15","slug":"south-china-province-to-ban-keeping-of-mistresses-reuters","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/chinadigitaltimes.net\/2007\/05\/south-china-province-to-ban-keeping-of-mistresses-reuters\/","title":{"rendered":"South China Province to Ban Keeping of Mistresses &#8211; Reuters"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\nFrom Reuters, via the Washington Post:<br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/mt-old\/thumbnail\/Li%20Zhihua.php\" onclick=\"window.open('http:\/\/chinadigitaltimes.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/mt-old\/thumbnail\/Li%20Zhihua.php','popup','width=221,height=149,scrollbars=no,resizable=no,toolbar=no,directories=no,location=no,menubar=no,status=no,left=0,top=0'); return false\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/mt-old\/thumbnail\/Li%20Zhihua-thumb.jpg\" width=\"148\" height=\"100\" alt=\"\" \/><\/a>\n<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>\nSouth China&#8217;s booming province of Guangdong is drafting a law to ban the resurgent trend of keeping of mistresses, in a bid to preserve social harmony, local media reported on Wednesday.<\/p>\n<p>Many Chinese businessmen keep mistresses in second homes, a tradition banished after the Communists swept to power in 1949 but which has made a comeback with nearly 30 years of market reforms&#8230;<\/p>\n<p>Last year prosecutors launched criminal proceedings against Beijing vice-mayor <a href=\"http:\/\/www.chinavitae.com\/biography\/Liu_Zhihua%7C2198\">Liu Zhihua<\/a>, who was denounced for taking millions of yuan in bribes and helping his mistress &#8220;seek profit&#8221; while he was in charge of Olympic venue construction. <a href=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonpost.com\/wp-dyn\/content\/article\/2007\/05\/30\/AR2007053000040.html\">[Full Text]<\/a>\n<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>\nRead Guardian&#8217;s <a href=\"http:\/\/www.guardian.co.uk\/china\/story\/0,,1796392,00.html\">report<\/a> and ESWN&#8217;s <a href=\"http:\/\/www.zonaeuropa.com\/20060613_1.htm\">post <\/a>about Liu Zhihua case.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>From Reuters, via the Washington Post: South China&#8217;s booming province of Guangdong is drafting a law to ban the resurgent trend of keeping of mistresses, in a bid to preserve social harmony, local media reported on Wednesday. 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