Adulterous sex to bring down Chinese Communist Party?
In a hardening of previous policy, the Chinese government are set to crack down on government officials who have been found to have "kept and supported" mistresses, in a move aimed at 'raising social morals'.
Mistresses and "second wives" are common among government officials and businessmen in China.
Corrupt officials are a major cause of public outrage in China, and the country's Communist rulers have warned that if graft is not checked it could threaten the party's grip on power.
Chinese policy makers found it "necessary to make a clarification and emphasis" on the punishment for officials who supported mistresses.
"The morality of government officials shown in their management or power operation... directly affects the moral level of the whole society."
"Therefore, officials should set up good examples, and abide by social morality rules."
Last year, a Chinese vice admiral was jailed for life on embezzlement charges after one of his many mistresses blew the whistle on him when he refused to give in to her demand for money.
