« Affaires DSK: la contre-enquête », un nouveau livre de Taubmann

NDLR : Pour un peu d'histoire... et afin de projeter le tout sur la scène internationale. DSK et Sinclair nous parleront de vie privée ainsi que de respect. Mais ailleurs qu'en France, au terme de toutes les investigations et d'éventuels procès, ces divers scandales et plus particulièrement celui du Carlton pourraient indigner plus qu'un français ne le penserait.

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Concubine culture brings trouble for China's bosses
· Eleven mistresses unite to denounce corrupt cadre
· Post-Mao era sees revival of 'second wives' tradition

Jonathan Wattsin Beijing
The Guardian, Saturday 8 September 2007, excerpt

China's concubines have struck again. A corrupt senior official in Shaanxi province has been brought down by his 11 mistresses, according to reports in the state media yesterday.

Pang Jiayu, the former deputy head of the provincial political advisory body, has been sacked and expelled from the Communist party after his former girlfriends exposed him, the People's Daily said.

As at least the fourth cadre to lose his job in the past year as a result of accusations from "second wives", Pang's case has prompted a flurry of reports in the domestic media about the resurgence of China's ancient concubine culture among corrupt officials.

According to one recent survey, 90% of the senior officials convicted of serious corruption in the past five years kept mistresses. In many cases, they are accused of abusing their positions to make enough money to shower their lovers with gifts.