BEIJING — Police in Beijing have arrested more than 1,100 suspects in connection with prostitution rings, many housed in high-end saunas and entertainment venues in China's capital, state press said Friday. During the one-month crackdown, dozens of high-end nightclubs and karaoke bars were shut down, as well as more than 250 hair salons, the China Daily said. "Customers are usually very rich and they pay at least 20,000 yuan (2,900 dollars) for membership and then they will be eligible for special services," the paper quoted one nightclub manager surnamed Ma as saying. Police officials told the paper that most of the nightlife spots offering prostitutes to clients were run by organised crime gangs. Following 30 years of booming economic growth, prostitution -- once nearly wiped out in China following the 1949 communist revolution -- has flourished.
2010-05-14
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Even the HAIR SALONS?!
That does it -- I'm canceling my trip to Beijing.
That ammounts to about 0.001% of the prostitutes in Beijing.
CTQWERTY, there's always Shanghai.
There is also a report that over 40,000 prostitutes will be at the World Cup this year. So year 1,100 is a big number but a same percentage overall.
I visited a Hair Salon by day, brothel by night in Tijuana.
When I was stationed in Korea years ago, the local "barber shops" were off limits to GIs because you could get more than a haircut and a shave there. (Not that I would know anything about that, just what I heard...)
Wow, do I ever feel behind the times... hair salons and barber shops are locations for extras??? Wonder how that ever came about?
There's a ladies hair salon in Boston that supposedly doubles as an AMP in the back room. I think I remember seeing a documentary where the striped barber pole was a sign of a red light district in parts of Asia (like Korea).
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