By Ed Flanagan, Producer, NBC NewsBEIJING — The rise of new Chinese leader Xi Jinping (http://behindthewall.nbcnews.com/xi-jinping) last November has not been good for mainland officials caught with their pants down.
In recent months, a slew of low-level Communist officials (http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/asia/china/9726432/China-rocked-by-five-intercourse-scandals-in-six-days.html) as well as a few high ranking ones —most notably the vice party chief of the southwestern province of Sichuan, Li Chuncheng (http://usa.chinadaily.com.cn/china/2012-12/13/content_16017276.htm) — have been exposed by local media and dismissed from their positions after their intercourseual peccadilloes came to light.
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