Investigations by South Korea into the sex scandal at its Shanghai consulate which saw several diplomats exchanging fistpunches over a Chinese mistress have concluded. more ›

Spring is the season for gettin’ randy like rabbits. And despite Shanghai’s drab and dreary weather recently, there’s still plenty of spring fever pulsing through the city, heating it up. From swingers and prostitution, to sex diaries and China’s own set of Hooters, here’s a re-cap of the hot, the heavy and the unjust of recent sex scandals, Sino-edition. more ›

According to a breaking report, the 47-year old Anqing city official - who was turned in by his own wife last month - bribed somewhere around 500 women to have sex with him. Known only as "Wang Cheng" as of this moment, the "department head" is purported to have spent "more than five times his annual salary" pursuing 56 women per year, plus two full-time hos from "respectable families." The mechanics of his hustle aren't specified in much detail, but it appears that people bribing him as he moved up the government employee ladder found his appetite for sex easier to satisfy than, say, one for real estate. more ›

• But first - Hey! Look at this gallery on China's Communist Party mouthpiece Xinhua - maybe the CCP ain't so scawwy aftwer aww. [Xinhua]
• Ever heard of the Panda attack? It's a lot less adorable than it sounds - it was known as the "first case of organized cybercrime in China" after a worm attacked and funneled information from anybody who opened its email. It also provided a rare glimpse into the Chinese world of hackers. [Wall Street Journal]
• Caixin has an amazing profile on Wang Yali, a Hebei official who was raped by her second-grade teacher and then created a new fake identity for herself - one that rose to become a CPC official, a mistress of high-ranking members and businessmen, and the honor of one of Hebei's "Ten Outstanding Female Leaders." [Caixin]

Shanghaiist's inhouse sex scandals specialist Kenneth Tan writes about the six sex scandals that have rocked China over the last few years and given our readers a super hardon. It should perhaps be of no surprise that some of these scandals count among this website's most trafficked stories. This post promises to end your year with a blast, so read on: more ›