A Beijing sperm bank’s advert called for donors who loved the socialist motherland and had “made no political error”

Are you a man and able to demonstrate your love for the Communist Party, have a record of fealty to the socialist cause and an unblemished political history? If so, one of Beijing’s leading sperm banks wants your donation.

In its latest advertisement seeking donors, Peking University Third Hospital put allegiance to the party as its top criterion.

“First, the candidate donor must have good political cultivation, love the socialist motherland, support the leadership of the Communist Party, pledge loyalty to the party’s cause, conduct himself in a decent manner, abide by rules and laws, and have made no political error,” read the advert, which appeared on the hospital’s social media account yesterday.

Critics said it showed how the party sought to be omnipresent in