China's Anti-Prostitution Campaign Conveniently Ignores Shanghai

Shanghai has failed to show up in a high-profile nationwide campaign against prostitution among a roster of 26 Chinese cities, giving rise to speculations that the local police want

China's high-profile nationwide campaign against prostitution, with a roster spanning 26 cities, seems to have given Shanghai a miss. The obvious oversight is giving rise to speculations that the local police want to keep a low profile for visitors during the World Expo this year.

China Daily quoted Zhu Xiaoding, a Beijing-based attorney who has been following the campaign, as saying that Shanghai authorities want to downplay the arrests to appear more tolerant of these vices for occasionally indulgent overseas visitors.

Prostitution: Fresh Stakes in the Oldest Trade
Prostitution has broadened its base to include street prostitution, massage brothels, gigolo outcall services, strip clubs, lap dancing, phone sex, child prostitution and sex tourism.

"Prostitution is legal in many countries outside of China, over-emphasis upon an anti-prostitution campaign might hurt the image of Shanghai as an international city in the eyes of foreign visitors," he added.

Drives against prostitution, gambling and drug abuse is being carried out by these cities and police in many major cities have their issued monthly progress reports.

Anti-prostitution campaigns elsewhere have been topping media headlines since May 2010. Beijing police took the lead in cracking down on four high-end nightclubs including the famous Passion Nightclub.

Expert Says Decriminalising Prostitution Would Lead to Fewer Murders
The decriminalisation of the sex industry would lead to fewer murders, an Aussie expert on prostitution has said.

This was followed by a series of similar crackdowns over the following two months. By July 20, Beijing police had broken up some 240 prostitution rings and detained more than 150 people who trafficked, forced, lured or otherwise introduced women into prostitution.

Authorities in Dongguan, Guangdong province have nabbed almost 1,200 suspects.

Rampant Prostitution Fuels Rapid Syphilis Spread in China
Rampant prostitution which has accompanied China's rapid economic growth is fuelling a 30 percent increase in syphilis infections each year, state media reported on Saturday.

Source-ANI

'Shame Parades' of Hookers Banned in China
China is to end the public shaming of prostitutes by parading them through the streets following controversy.