Chinese propaganda official sacked for sex scandal reappears as Marxist scholar
A former senior Communist Party propaganda official sacked because of an alleged sex scandal has made his first public appearance in 22 months.
Yi Junqing, 57, was the head of Communist Party’s Central Compilation and Translation Bureau until he was removed in early 2013 for “problems with his lifestyle”, Communist Party jargon usually referring to extramarital affairs.
The bureau's responsibilities include researching the classic texts of Marxism, translating party leaders’ writings into foreign languages, and providing theoretical support for developing party doctrines.
Yi made a surprising appearance at a Marxism forum held in Harbin, capital of the northeastern province of Heilongjiang, in November, magazine reported this week. He gave a keynote speech outlining domestic studies of Neo-Marxism in eastern Europe, according to the magazine.
This was Yi's first known appearance at a public event since he became one of the first senior party officials dismissed after party chief Xi Jinping took power in late 2012.
