95% of corrupt officials kept "concubines"

concubine.jpg So it seems like people who are douchebags in one way are highly likely to be douchebags in another way as well. AsiaTimes Online reports that an anti-graft official recently acknowledged in public that 95% of corrupt officials had a woman on the side. In fact, keeping mistresses has become so fashionable that its seems like "concubinism is back." These mistresses are often given houses, money to play with and sometimes contracts for profitable projects. One banker in Shenzhen was reported to have spent 18.4 million RMB (of his bank's money) on his fifth mistress in almost three years. Another man in charge of infrastructure projects in Eastern China, had more than 140 women at his beck and call. Gross. The anti-graft official warned that mistresses were an easy way for an official to become corrupt. But we're inclined to believe that if an official's interested in keeping mistresses, he probably wasn't pure and true to begin with.

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140!!! I got lost at 135. They should make him name them all in order.

This is news in what way? I thought those with any knowledge of China were already in the know about this.

BTW, a douchebag is a douchebag regardless. No one-way or partial douchebags in life.

Also BTW: the "Mistress Economy" is a driving force for economic growth and domestic spending in this country. Something not necessarily to be laughed at...

Think it was Chris Rock who said "Men are as good as their options..." *Long sigh*

"Men are as good as their options" - Ha ha love this!

I think the corruption-finger-of-blame should be pointed in equal measure in the direction between the money-grabbing hos who are only too eager to accept luxury gifts, houses, cars etc for the price of lying on their back with their legs spread every so often. They know whats up.

Yanks'd feel proud of their pop-culture influence overseas when Chinese entrepreneur built White House in small town and 95% of corrupt officials want to mimick Mr. Clinton.

@oakwoods-you're right, because we all know China never had heard of adultery before Western influence...you worthless retard, please go eat shit and die, thanks!

icecat77
"China never had heard of adultery"? No No!
You show your creativity only when having adultery in Oral Office. When Chinese had romantic adultery, you hairy guys still lived in groups on top of fruit treeeees, lol!

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