A senior Chinese propaganda official was removed from his post shortly after his jilted mistress posted a detailed account of their affair online. While it seems like a mere sex scandal, the quick removal of the official is believed to be an effort by China’s new leadership to take over the state’s propaganda apparatus.
Yi Junqing, director of the Central Compilation and Translation Bureau of the Communist Party of China Central Committee, was removed from his post because of an “improper life style,” state media Xinhua reported on Jan. 17.
