The editor-in-chief of Chinese state-run tabloid Global Times, Hu Xijin, allegedly had extramarital affairs with two female subordinates and had illegitimate children with them, according to a recent media exposé.
Beijing-based Chinese news site Duowei News ran the scandalous story on Dec. 2. The article reported that a whistleblower—the deputy editor-in-chief of Global Times, Duan Jingtao— reported Hu’s transgressions to the Central Commission for Discipline Inspection (CCDI), the Chinese Communist Party (CCP)’s internal anti-corruption watchdog. Duan accused Hu of having extramarital relationships with two female colleagues surnamed Gao (a current employee) and Zhang (a former employee), and having children out of wedlock with both women.
