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The following is a list of all entries from the Beijing massage parlors category.
Beijing Massage Parlors: China’s Prostitutes Rally For Legalization
Ye Haiyan, a sex worker and single mother in Hubei province, was detained Sunday by plain-clothes officers for several days for organizing the group, which carried banners, collected signatures and called for an end to the persecution of sex workers. She is being held at “a resort” for “two to three days of studies.”
Having launched the Chinese Women’s Rights Workshop — which distributes condoms and HIV prevention brochures to local brothels — Ye said legislation would protect sex workers’ health and stem trafficking and corruption. “Brothels are not cheap places. Most consumers are quite rich and spend a lot usually. So where is the money coming from? If prostitution was legalized, such income could be more transparent,” she told The Guardian .
The World Health Organization estimates that China has around 4 million sex workers, but other sources suggest the figure is higher, with many hotels, hairdressers, massage parlors and karaoke bars known to serve as false fronts for such activity. In June, Chongqing’s Hilton Hotel was closed for several days after police raided a basement bar.
See the full article from “Huffington Post (blog)”
Beijing Massage Parlors: Sex worker ‘held after protest’
Beijing – An activist Chinese sex worker said she had been detained after fronting an unusual protest to demand legalised prostitution, rampant in China despite an official ban since the Communists took power six decades ago.
Ye Haiyan, who also goes by the name of “Hooligan Sparrow”, rallied a small group of sex workers and their supporters in the central Chinese city of Wuhan last Thursday.
The group, holding red umbrellas, carried banners and collected signatures urging an end to discrimination against sex workers.
“I cannot talk or use the Internet right now, I am with them,” Ye told Reuters by text message, having been detained on Sunday.Continues Below ↓
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She soon opened her own NGO, the Chinese Women’s Rights Workshop, to promote sex workers’ health and human rights, visiting massage parlours and barber shops in Wuhan to distribute condoms and Aids-prevention pamphlets.
See the full article from “Independent Online”
Beijing Massage Parlors: Police detain China activist for sex worker rights
BEIJING — Plainclothes officers detained a Chinese activist for sex workers’ rights Monday, a few days after she publicly called for prostitution to be legalized, her sister said.
Ye Haiyan was nabbed at the offices of her community group, the China Women’s Rights Workshops, and told she would be held for two or three days of “studies,” her sister, Ye Sha, told The Associated Press.
Dissidents in China are often detained by authorities with the explanation that they are “going for studies” or “taking a vacation.” Usually, they are kept at a guesthouse to prevent them from moving about freely during sensitive dates.
Last week, Ye Haiyan and a few supporters asked people in the central Chinese city of Wuhan, where she is based, to sign a petition in support of legalizing prostitution, according to an account on her group’s website. She also called for Aug. 3 — Tuesday — to be marked as “Sex Workers’ Day.”
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Prostitution is rampant in China despite frequent government crackdowns, and sexual services are openly offered in massage parlors, karaoke bars and nightclubs.
See the full article from “The Associated Press”
Beijing Massage Parlors: Police detain China activist for sex worker rights
BEIJING — Plainclothes officers detained a Chinese activist for sex workers’ rights Monday, a few days after she publicly called for prostitution to be legalized, her sister said.
Ye Haiyan was nabbed at the offices of her community group, the China Women’s Rights Workshops, and told she would be held for two or three days of “studies,” her sister, Ye Sha, told The Associated Press.
Dissidents in China are often detained by authorities with the explanation that they are “going for studies” or “taking a vacation.” Usually, they are kept at a guesthouse to prevent them from moving about freely during sensitive dates.
Last week, Yu Haiyan and a few supporters asked people in the central Chinese city of Wuhan, where she is based, to sign a petition in support of legalizing prostitution, according to an account on her group’s website. She also called for Aug. 3 — Tuesday — to be marked as “Sex Workers’ Day.”
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Prostitution is rampant in China despite frequent government crackdowns, and sexual services are openly offered in massage parlors, karaoke bars and nightclubs.
See the full article from “The Associated Press”
Beijing Massage Parlors: IMMORAL/CENSORED in China: Dating shows with gold diggers
Contestants on ‘If You Are The One’. Photo from jsdushi.com It seems ‘gold-diggers’ will be victims of the latest crackdown aiming to restore ‘morality’ to China. After a contestant on the Jiangsu Television matchmaking show, ‘If You Are The One’ (非诚勿扰), said she was after a wealthy man with a flashy car, government officials ordered all matchmaking shows in China to get rid of sexual innuendo and ban any talk of women ‘gold-digging’.
Government censors added that such materialistic attitudes were the equivalent of prostitution, which has been dealt with firmly of late. In April, public security police in Beijing shut down 33 entertainment venues allegedly doubling up as brothels, including karaoke bars, massage parlours and nightclubs. Last month, Chongqing’s Hilton hotel was also shut down by police, with 22 people being arrested on suspicion of running a prostitution ring.
See the full article from “Shanghaiist”
Beijing Massage Parlors: The Find: Beijing Restaurant in San Gabriel
The Find: Beijing Restaurant in San Gabriel
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The amusingly undescriptive name “pork with cooked pie” is a steamed white bun, smushed flat and crisped on the outside, then sliced halfway open, and stuffed to the brim with soft, sweet cubes of pork and a few beautifully gelatinous cubes of pork fat, and spiked with cilantro. The bun is surprisingly, happily dense; the pork is soft and falls apart a moment after it hits your mouth. It’s like the Beijing version of a sloppy Joe.
Authentic Beijing-style cooking is strangely rare in Los Angeles. Other styles of Chinese cooking, such as Sichuanese and Shanghainese, are omnipresent, but Beijing specialties are almost impossible to findable. The only other place one might find ge da, for example, is Tianjin Bistro, which Wang used to own.
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Afterward, if you need help jump-starting your carb digestion, try a foot massage. There are three different foot massage parlors in the same strip mall, all offering the same deal: a one-hour foot massage for $15.
See the full article from “Los Angeles Times”
Beijing Massage Parlors: Audi A8 L wafts in with W12 power
This is the new Audi A8 L – the ‘L’ standing for long wheelbase – which will make its debut at this month’s Beijing motor show.
Its Chinese unveiling is no coincidence – the vast majority of Chinese businessmen prefer to be chauffeured between board meetings, so the demand for super-luxurious limos is high.
The A8 L’s extra 130mm of length has all been added to the rear passenger compartment, creating a truly opulent mobile office, meeting room or massage parlour depending on how you spec your car.
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The A8 L will be available with the full range of engines from the rest of the A8 range, including the mighty W12 engine that will also make its debut in Beijing. Its capacity has grown from 6.0- to 6.3-litres, while direct fuel injection is also used. The result is 493bhp and 461lb/ft of torque, which powers the A8 L W12 from 0-62mph in just 4.9 seconds.
See the full article from “Auto Trader UK”
Beijing Massage Parlors: Hooters restaurant underscores mixed sexual messages in China
Waitresses at the Beijing Hooters are hired based on their looks and ability to speak English. Hooters represents a new playful sexuality in China, different from the ubiquitous seedy massage parlors, sex shops and hostess bars.
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Reporting from Beijing Sunday is a slow night for the Beijing Hooters girls. Jiang Xin — or Summer, as her name tag reads — takes the opportunity to teach the new hires one of their dance routines. With smoky dark eyes and her all-black trainer uniform, 24-year-old Jiang is sexy, smoldering and standoffish until she smiles. This she does when she gently admonishes the girls to loosen up, laugh, and stop tugging at the bottoms of their shorts. Hooters in Beijing is much like its American counterpart. The waitresses dress in orange track shorts, pantyhose and shrunken white tank tops. When customers come in, they call out in garbled English, “Welcome to Hooters!” A sign hanging by the bathroom reads: “Caution. Blonds thinking.” A glass case displays a Hooters China swimsuit calendar …
See the full article from “Los Angeles Times”
Beijing Massage Parlors: Hooters restaurant underscores mixed sexual messages in China
Waitresses at the Beijing Hooters are hired based on their looks and ability to speak English. Hooters represents a new playful sexuality in China, different from the ubiquitous seedy massage parlors, sex shops and hostess bars.
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Reporting from Beijing Sunday is a slow night for the Beijing Hooters girls. Jiang Xin — or Summer, as her name tag reads — takes the opportunity to teach the new hires one of their dance routines. With smoky dark eyes and her all-black trainer uniform, 24-year-old Jiang is sexy, smoldering and standoffish until she smiles. This she does when she gently admonishes the girls to loosen up, laugh, and stop tugging at the bottoms of their shorts. Hooters in Beijing is much like its American counterpart. The waitresses dress in orange track shorts, pantyhose and shrunken white tank tops. When customers come in, they call out in garbled English, “Welcome to Hooters!” A sign hanging by the bathroom reads: “Caution. Blonds thinking.” A glass case displays a Hooters China swimsuit calendar …
See the full article from “Los Angeles Times”
Beijing Massage Parlors: Imitation is the fastest form of starting-up for Groupon.cn
Groupon.cn seems to have not only stolen the name but also pretty much all the website coding and layout. Glancing at the Beijing and Chicago pages of the two respective sites they are absolutely, astonishingly identical, save for the ubiquitous social-networking icons atop the bona fide Groupon.com.
In the screenshot above, you can see a Groupon.cn page that features a high-end massage parlour in Beijing, selling vouchers for 60 RMB (US$8.80) that you can use for services worth double that sum – exactly the kind of shebang (see the Chicago screenshot, at the bottom of this post) that has made Groupon.com into a hot, new start-up in 37 cities across the US. In contrast, Groupon.cn seems to have just gotten started, and thus far has only a few venues around Beijing.
See the full article from “CNET Asia (blog)”