Across China: Shandong

Reporter sacked

A reporter who published a story of a businessman trying to decide which of his five mistresses he should keep was fired after he was found guilty of plagiarism, said a statement from the local newspaper in Shandong province.

The Peninsula Metropolitan News (PMN) reporter published his story Sunday, saying a businessman surnamed Fan, who was supporting five mistresses in the coastal city of Qingdao, decided to keep only one as his firm ran into tough times.