Top exec at China state-run firm sacked after exposed affair but mistress’ dress is the talk of town


The “mistress dress” that moved inventories at Taobao and spawned an anime-themed meme. PHOTO: DOUYIN/XIAOMI223 via The Straits Times/ANN

THEIR affair had sent tongues wagging in China, but it was the “mistress dress” that stole the show.

A top executive at state-run firm China National Petroleum (CNPC) lost his job on Wednesday after a video of him holding hands with a much younger woman while out shopping in downtown Chengdu went viral.

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