The CCP Foreign Ministry Becomes a Den of Vice: First Minister Zhou Enlai Had Two Illegitimate Children

During the fierce struggle between the anti-Xi faction and Xi’s camp at the Beidaihe Conference, Liu Jianchao, the head of the CCP’s International Liaison Department and a trusted appointee of Xi Jinping, was arrested. (Image by People News)

[People News] After completing his overseas visit at the end of July, Liu Jianchao, head of the CCP’s International Liaison Department, has not appeared publicly. In August, he was rumoured to have disappeared. He was also absent from Beijing’s major military parade. Independent commentator Du Zheng recently published an article in Taiwan’s Up Media, revealing that the Liu Jianchao disappearance involves two keywords: leaks and women. In fact, CCP diplomats are not only “wolf warriors,” but also “sex wolves.” The Foreign Ministry has become a den of vice, inheriting what Du calls the “promiscuous genes” of its first minister, Zhou Enlai.

Du said that, according to a retired official’s hint, Liu Jianchao’s case involves leaks, and one reason he leaked information was because of a “beautiful woman.” The details were not elaborated, but Liu’s abnormal obsession with women is well known.

In 2015, Liu Jianchao stirred controversy in diplomatic circles when he openly praised a foreign official as a “beautiful woman.”

On March 16, 2015, then–Assistant Foreign Minister Liu visited South Korea and met with Na Kyung-won, 51, chairwoman of the Korean National Assembly’s Foreign Affairs and Unification Committee.

The moment they met, Liu was smitten by Na’s elegance, fantasising about how happy he would be to hold a press conference with her, and he even blurted this out.

Chosun Ilbo reported that Liu said if he and Na held a press conference together, reporters might all focus on Na “because she is a beautiful woman.” He added that “beautiful women are very popular in China.”

Faced with Liu’s lewd remarks, Na—though clearly uncomfortable—had to maintain composure in a diplomatic setting. She politely thanked him for visiting South Korea, refusing to take the bait.

Liu’s “beautiful woman” comments were criticised by some Korean lawmakers as “undiplomatic.” Na later said she did not want to talk about it.

Beyond this, Liu’s downfall is also linked to internal power struggles within the Foreign Ministry, and rumours even involve a major scandal concerning current Foreign Minister Wang Yi.

Exiled scholar Yuan Hongbing revealed to Kan Zhongguo that Liu had long been a strong candidate to succeed as foreign minister. But Wang Yi’s faction, determined to block him, exposed Liu’s corruption and sexual scandals. In response, Liu allegedly attempted to strike a deal with a major power—handing over classified CCP documents—in exchange for asylum if purged.

But one of Liu’s female secretaries was reportedly part of Xi Jinping’s surveillance system. As a result, Liu was arrested and placed under house detention before he could act.

According to Beijing rumours, Liu refused to confess, insisting that Wang Yi’s people framed him. He even accused his secretary of having an affair with Wang Yi.

For Xi Jinping, these scandals are a political headache. Both Qin Gang and Liu Jianchao were his protégés. Now, the charge of “poor judgment in appointments” has become ammunition for anti-Xi factions.

In fact, many Foreign Ministry officials have fallen due to sex scandals.

The most recent case: Qin Gang, removed as foreign minister in July 2023, whose affair with Phoenix TV host Fu Xiaotian caused a global sensation.

Qin became ambassador to the U.S. in July 2021. In March 2022, Fu Xiaotian interviewed him in Washington, her last appearance for Phoenix TV. By May, her program had been handed to another host, and Fu faded from view, going to the U.S. to have a child. Qin, then 57, and Fu, 40, reportedly fell in love after that interview. They allegedly had a child via surrogacy.

Normally, extramarital affairs and mistresses are commonplace among CCP elites and wouldn’t alone bring down Qin. But when Fu returned to China in 2023, Xi Jinping had her arrested for “espionage.” During interrogation, she revealed her relationship with Qin. Qin suddenly disappeared in June and was removed as foreign minister a month later. His fate remains unknown.

From Qin’s case, it seems clear: if Liu Jianchao is implicated in leaks and women, he is repeating Qin’s path of “falling for a female spy.”

Other past examples abound.

Like Qin Gang, Shen Guofang also once served as spokesman for the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and was originally a rising political star within the CCP. In 1993, when Qian Qichen was the foreign minister, Shen was appointed spokesman. It was said that his looks were quite popular with female reporters. Five years later, he became China’s representative to the United Nations, and at the age of 50 was promoted to Assistant Minister.

But on December 28, 2005, Shen was suddenly dismissed, and the next day it was confirmed that he had been demoted to editor-in-chief of a publishing house under the Foreign Ministry. The reason for his demotion also pointed to a sex scandal, with different versions of the story involving a “female translator in the ministry,” a “Taiwanese spy,” and a “domestic female reporter.”

In addition, Assistant Foreign Minister Zhang Kunsheng was investigated on January 2, 2015, on charges of bribery and sexual misconduct, though the authorities did not release details of the sexual aspect.

Zhang had once been the special assistant to former ambassador to the United States Li Zhaoxing. Reportedly, Li Zhaoxing’s name appeared in the diary of Yunnan businesswoman Li Wei, who was known as the “public mistress of high-ranking officials.”

According to a retired ambassador, Li Zhaoxing’s mistress was Hua Chunying. Under Li’s recommendation, Yang Jiechi promoted Hua to deputy director of the Foreign Ministry’s Information Department and later spokesperson.

In fact, officials in the CCP’s Foreign Ministry—both at headquarters in China and in overseas embassies and consulates—not only violate diplomatic discipline but also break or infringe upon the laws of host countries.

In terms of sexual misconduct, the Chinese consulate in South Korea has been a particularly serious problem area, acting without restraint and causing severe negative repercussions internationally.

According to South Korea’s JTBC television, on February 23, 2016, three Chinese diplomats stationed in Seoul, while dining at a restaurant in Myeong-dong, groped nearby women. Their lewd behaviour in public provoked outrage among the South Korean public.

In addition, in November 2019, China’s state broadcaster CCTV reported that Zhang Xiangbin, a senior cadre from a government ministry stationed abroad, had an extremely complicated sex life: he repeatedly solicited prostitutes, kept multiple foreign mistresses, and even fathered two illegitimate children with a female government official of the host country.

As for the scandal of former Chinese ambassador to the UK Liu Xiaoming, whose official Twitter account was found to have “liked” pornographic videos, and that of former Foreign Ministry spokesman Zhao Lijian, whose Twitter account was discovered to follow porn stars—these are minor embarrassments by comparison.

Thus, while CCP diplomats are called “wolf warriors,” the title “sex wolves” is just as fitting.

The CCP’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs can rightly be called a “den of vice,” and this, it is said, is due to its “genetic” origins—traced back to the first foreign minister and first premier of the PRC, Zhou Enlai. This “promiscuous gene” was passed down from him.

Zhou Enlai’s hypocrisy once deceived countless Chinese people. In recent years, however, his true nature—selfish, false, cunning, and cruel—has been increasingly exposed, including revelations about both an illegitimate daughter and an illegitimate son.

In 1976, the year Zhou died, an author using the pen name Long Yun wrote a book entitled The Rise and Fall of Zhou Enlai, which was published in 1988 by Longquan Publishing House in Taiwan. The book, divided into 29 chapters, gives a detailed account of Zhou’s life—from his birth and schooling, to joining the CCP and rising through its ranks, ultimately attaining the highest offices.

The book describes in detail a little-known episode from Zhou’s time in Europe: he lived with an 18-year-old German girl, and she bore him a child.

In the 1950s, during a visit to East Germany, a man claiming to be Zhou’s son sought a meeting with him, but Zhou refused. The man had Chinese features and bore a resemblance to Zhou Enlai. At the time, the West German magazine Stern published an in-depth report on the story by journalist Heidemann.

Zhou’s lover was named Stephen, a rather pretty young woman with dark brown hair and a slightly plump figure, who worked as a maid at the Aubenmann Hotel in Göttingen. Zhou met her in 1923 while staying there, and the two often took walks together in the nearby forest. Before long, she bore him a son, whom she named Kuno. In 1924, before returning to China, Zhou sent her a letter from Paris, saying his father was gravely ill and that he had to return home. Without a farewell, he left her behind, and the two never saw each other again.

In addition to rumours of an illegitimate son, there are also claims that Zhou Enlai had an illegitimate daughter.

Her name was Ai Bei. On June 30, 1994, she published a book in the United States titled The Burden of Calling Him Father. In the book, she wrote: “Because of this book, if you are never able to return to China again, it will be unbearable for you.”

Someone told Ai Bei: “It’s not only ‘big sister’ Deng Yingchao—there are many powerful Party elders who will never allow you to write this book.”

In the book, she recounts how Zhou Enlai once embraced her at age 15, pressing his face against hers in front of a mirror, saying: “Look at our eyes and eyebrows, look at our mouths. From the front you can’t see it, but from the side you can see we both have the same pout…”

The book immediately drew criticism from the CCP. At the time, the head of the CCP’s Literature and History Research Office declared that “Ai Bei being Zhou Enlai’s illegitimate daughter” was a lie.

Later, Ai Bei invited a senior reporter from the World Journal to her residence, where she also brought in a highly credible person (whose name was not disclosed) to witness her evidence. The veteran reporter wrote that he had indeed seen this “ironclad proof,” and that a credible witness was present. However, to this day, the details of the evidence and the identity of the witness have never been made public.

Jin Zhong, editor of Hong Kong’s Open Magazine, revealed that in The Memoirs of Szeto Wah, published in 2015, Chen Huimin—one of Mao Zedong’s mistresses, ranked only behind Zhang Yufeng and Meng Jinyun, and later renamed Chen Luwen—confirmed that Ai Bei was indeed Zhou Enlai’s daughter. She said that Ai Bei’s adoptive father was Luo Qingchang, deputy minister of the CCP’s Social Investigation Department, and that Ai Bei’s biological mother was in Beijing.

When asked if Zhou Enlai had extramarital affairs, Chen Luwen replied without hesitation: Yes. His lover was the wife of a general, a dancer in the Navy’s performing troupe. Zhou frequently called her, and everyone in that circle knew about it.

It is well known that the Foreign Ministry’s history of debauchery is just the tip of the iceberg. The CCP’s culture of sexual corruption dates back to its founding. From the licentious lifestyle of Mao Zedong, the founding leader, this “gene” developed and reached its peak under Jiang Zemin. The scandals of lust and promiscuity among CCP officials are limited only by imagination—there is nothing they would not do.

The hundred-year history of the CCP is also a hundred-year history of the debauchery of its elites. The Party is now heading toward its final collapse, and its lustful corruption is one of the key causes. △