Beijing academic sacked after online ‘fiction’ reveals affair

In her lengthy report, the author, Chang Yan, detailed the 17 sexual trysts she had with Yi Junqing, the renowned Marxist theoretician who has a rank equivalent to a vice minister. She reveals the times, hotels and even room numbers of their liaisons. The report is also full of other details such as their birthdays, mobile phone numbers, work meetings and discussions of Chinese politics – including the fall of Bo Xilai.

The removal of Yi Junqing as director of the Central Compilation and Translation Bureau was announced on Thursday. It has been anticipated for weeks since the appearance online of the salacious account.

The 210-page document – which was a brief internet sensation before it was removed – chronicled the relationship between Yi and Chang Yan, from December 2011 until November last year.

Chang said she bribed Yi with 60,000 yuan and slept with him to get her fellowship turned into a permanent position only to discover he was not going to help and had other lovers.