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The following is a list of all entries from the Beijing escorts category.
Beijing Escorts: Can Chinese media rule the airwaves?
Beijing, China (CNN) — At a time when many Western media outlets are contracting, Chinese media outlets are expanding, rapidly.
Beijing is pouring billions into the country’s state-run media machine, which is churning out new TV networks, radio stations and newspapers aimed at foreign audiences.
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Ku says the network, located in a high-rise only minutes away from CCTV’s Beijing headquarters, has run sensitive stories on prostitution, abused children and black jails. Last June, he said, BON TV reported on “media reaction” to the anniversary of the military crackdown on demonstrations in Tiananmen Square in 1989 — a taboo topic that is rarely, if ever, mentioned by government news agencies.
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“Americans are suspicious of them,” said Jeremy Goldkorn, founder of the Beijing-based Danwei.org, a site that covers media in China. “No one is going to take them seriously.”
See the full article from “CNN International”
Beijing Escorts: China tempers justice with mercy by amending Criminal Law
BEIJING, Aug. 23 (Xinhua) — The top legislature of China on Monday began the first reading of an amendment to the Criminal Law, which proposes reducing the number of crimes subject to the death penalty and creating tougher punishment for those involved in organized crime.
The amendment, the eighth to the country’s 1997 version of the Criminal Law, is meant to further implement the policy of tempering justice with mercy, according to a statement by the Chairmen’s Council of the National People’s Congress (NPC) Standing Committee.
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In a bid to better protect disadvantaged groups, those convicted of forcing others to work may face penalties of up to seven years in prison, instead of only three years, and those who provide assistance to people organizing others for prostitution may face up to 10 years in prison.
See the full article from “Xinhua”
Beijing Escorts: Beijing Registers Workers at Recreation Centres
Beijing police have registered more than 80,000 employees of the city’s public recreation centers and bathing services this year in an effort to clean the industry, Xinhua reports.
A database has also been built based on the real names of the workers. Each of the registrants received an IC card as a permit to work in the industry. Besides personal information, the card can also record the working hours of the cardholders.
The city’s public security forces have reinforced the crackdown on prostitution business in the industry this year. Police has visited 2,635 recreation centers since July and suspended the operations of 42 places that did not complete the worker registration.
According to police figures, the illegal sexual cases in Beijing fell by 61 percent in July compared with the same period last year.
See the full article from “CRIENGLISH.com”
Beijing Escorts: PRESS DIGEST – China – Aug 20
BEIJING/SHANGHAI Aug 20 (Reuters) – Chinese newspapers available in Beijing and Shanghai carried the following stories on Friday. Reuters has not checked the stories and does not vouch for their accuracy.
CHINA DAILY (www.chinadaily.com.cn)
– More than 80,000 employees in Beijing’s entertainment businesses have been ordered to register their real names with the government as it aims to combat prostitution, gambling and drug use, local police said.
PEOPLE’S DAILY
– A commentary says the U.S. military presence in the South China Sea region is making trouble rather than keeping the peace.
SHANGHAI SECURITIES NEWS
–Chinese steel maker Shougang (000959.SZ: Quote) said it will hold an estimated 18.31 percent stake in the soon-to-be established Beijing Auto Co Ltd. It did not name the other shareholders or the size of the new company.
See the full article from “Reuters Africa”
Beijing Escorts: Beijing police make routine raid against crimes
BEIJING is waging a monthly crackdown on drugs, gambling and prostitution with police targeting at illegal activities in nightclubs and salons.
Beijing Public Security Bureau has set the 11th day of every month for a routine raid, the bureau officials said.
Last night, police raided two nightclubs and salons in Fengtai District but found no criminal activities. The raid will last three days and focus on 44 nightclubs which had their business suspended for providing illegal escort service.
A sweeping campaign agianst prostitution began on April 11. So far, 290 suspects have been detained and 39 entertainment venues closed in connection with prostitution rings, China News service reported today.
The campaign was broadened to include drugs and gambling at targets ahead of the International Day against Drug Abuse and Illicit Trafficking on June 26 and the FIFA World Cup in South Africa that opened on June 11.
See the full article from “Shanghai Daily”
Beijing Escorts: Artist brothers test Chinese boundaries
The Gao brothers’ “Portraits” exhibit in Beijing. Over the years, the brothers’ exhibits have been raided, their works confiscated and power shut down in their studio. (Li Pei, For The Times / August 11, 2010)
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That’s what puts the brothers at the fore, said “Portraits” curator Ai Weiwei, who is no stranger to controversy, having served as a design consultant for the famed “Bird’s Nest” Olympic stadium until he became a vocal critic of Beijing’s handling of the 2008 Summer Games.
“Most Chinese artists just want to make money,” Ai said during an interview in June at his Beijing studio. “They’re filled with internal cowardice…. They’re just looking for material success, and because of that the work becomes so empty.”
The Gao brothers’ art, on the other hand, is a stark appraisal of some of the most sensitive elements of Chinese society, from politicians to prostitutes, Ai said.
See the full article from “Los Angeles Times”
Beijing Escorts: Away From China’s Top Cities: Property Reassurance
China’s property-market restrictions instituted in April, including higher mortgage down-payment requirements for second and third apartments, appear to be achieving their intended effect. High-end property sales have fallen sharply in China’s wealthiest cities such as Beijing and Shanghai. If official statistics are to be believed, prices have so far fallen only marginally, but they are expected to come down further.
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The relatively mild slump in China’s lesser cities is mostly because they experienced a less fantastic boom. During the major property market up cycle from mid-2009 to March 2010, prices rose by only 10-20% in the Tier 2 and Tier 3 cities, according to the developer survey. That compares with an average 34% rise in the top-tier cities of Beijing, Shanghai and Shenzhen, Standard Chartered said, citing data from the China Real Estate Information Corporation.
See the full article from “Wall Street Journal (blog)”
Beijing Escorts: Foreigners in big cities don’t realize how lucky they are
Beijing of late certainly has its modern benefits and, let’s be honest, for those willing to uproot themselves to move here led by curiosity, and an impulsively purchased plane ticket, arriving in China’s capital isn’t as hard as moving to, say, “real China”.
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Honestly, those of you who live in China’s big cities like Shanghai and Beijing don’t even realize how easy you have it. Some people speak English, for starters.
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In small towns, we know what it’s like to find salvation in taking a bus to the closest second-tier city every two weeks, locating a Carrefour, and purchasing our beloved coffee, cheese, baguettes and ridiculously overpriced cereals. On that note, it eventually becomes almost incomprehensible to hear even tourists in Beijing complain how Starbucks ran out of flavoring for their “Chai-soy-vanilla-super-low-fat-latte”.
See the full article from “AsiaOne”
Beijing Escorts: China bans "shame parades" of prostitutes
BEIJING, July 28 (Xinhuanet) — China will end the public shaming of prostitutes by parading them through the streets, the People’s Daily reported on Tuesday, following controversy over cases in which sex workers were paraded in public.
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Prostitution is illegal in China and police sometimes used means such as parading prostitutes in public as a deterrent. However, recent cases have sparked controversy on the Internet.
Earlier this month, local media in the city of Dongguan in southern China’s Guangdong province published pictures of two suspected prostitutes and two patrons who had been detained by police. The handcuffed girls were shown walking barefoot, handcuffed and tethered by a rope around their waists.
In another case this month, police in Wuhan, capital of central China’s Hubei province, posted a public notice about a vice raid, including personal information about prostitutes and their clients.
See the full article from “Xinhua”
Beijing Escorts: China Pushes to End Public Shaming
China Daily, via Reuters A “shame parade” of suspected prostitutes in the southern city of Shenzen in 2006.
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Last October, the police in Henan Province took to the Internet, posting photographs of women suspected of being prostitutes. Other cities have been publishing the names and addresses of convicted sex workers and those of their clients. The most widely circulated images, taken this month in the southern city of Dongguan, included young women roped together and paraded barefoot through crowded city streets.
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Mao Shoulong, a professor of public policy at People’s University in Beijing, said the new regulations were necessary to rein in the worst impulses of the police.
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The most recent wave of prostitution arrests involving thousands of suspects is part of a seven-month “strike hard” campaign aimed at gambling, drug use and violent crime. As part of the increased law enforcement efforts, judicial authorities have been encouraged to mete out swifter, and harsher, punishment. It is the fourth such campaign since 1983.
See the full article from “New York Times”