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The following is a list of all entries from the Beijing massage parlors category.
Beijing Massage Parlors: Chinese hail ‘Pandaman vs. Batman!’
Courtesy Rebel PepperA cartoon mocking Christian Bale’s confrontation with Chinese security was posted on Weibo, China’s Twitter-like service on Friday.
BEIJING – Just days after Christian Bale made a red carpet appearance in Beijing for the premiere of his blockbuster new movie, “The Flowers of War,” about the 1937 Japanese sacking of Nanking, he made even bigger headlines in China off-screen on Friday.
Bale invited CNN’s Beijing bureau crew to accompany him Thursday as he attempted to visit Chen Guangcheng, an activist who has been under house arrest since his release from a four-year-long jail sentence last year.
The 40-year-old Chen, a blind self-taught lawyer became a persecuted dissident after he filed a lawsuit in 2006 on behalf of residents of his hometown, Linyi, over the city’s practice of forced abortions and sterilizations, a municipal policy that runs counter to national regulations.
See the full article from “msnbc.com (blog)”
Beijing Massage Parlors: Turning an ancient concept into a modern business
As Zhu Guofan tours one of his foot massage establishments in the centre of Beijing, he runs his finger along the top of a doorway to check for dust.
According to Mr Zhu, if you want to build a successful business, attention to detail is important.
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Many of the premises are opulent – an upstairs lobby of the central Beijing branch features a large pool adorned by fountains and statues of elephants – and Mr Zhu acknowledges that these surroundings are very different to those of his childhood.
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A much bigger problem was the dubious image of the industry. There was a widely-held belief at the time that many massage parlours were little more than brothels.
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Mr Zhu walked from Shanghai to Beijing and rethought the business
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Mr Zhu found himself walking from Shanghai to Beijing, a distance of some 1,000km.
See the full article from “BBC News”
Beijing Massage Parlors: Language barrier can’t overcome bare facts
I arrived in Beijing around four months ago, and despite dutifully popping the pill and developing a slight obsessive-compulsive disorder centered on spinach and red meat consumption, I hadn’t exactly been regular with my periods.
During one moment of hysteria I convinced myself that I had fallen into that dreaded 1-to-3 percent hole described in small print on the microgynon (oral contraceptive pill) package and was pregnant.
It was a false alarm, but one which involved desperately comparing the lines on my little white strip to as many pictures as I could find online (Chinese contraceptive aids do not generally come with multilingual instructions).
So when I spotted “Ovarian Rest Course” near the end of the pricelist at my favorite massage parlor, I leapt at the chance to sort out my failing femininity.
See the full article from “China Daily”
Beijing Massage Parlors: Beijing police makes biggest catch of foreign prostitutes
… The case involved the highest number of foreign arrests in Beijing… The crackdown aims to eradicate all social evils that go against the city’s endeavors to advocate a healthy, civilized and high-minded lifestyle,” the police said in a press release. But the police did not give out the nationalities of foreign sex workers.
The operation involved 340 policemen, who have seized 10 vehicles and 100 mobile phones and 60,000 printed fliers used for soliciting customers.
Pimps are known to be soliciting customers for prostitutes who have come from European countries, the former Soviet Union countries and some parts of Asia. The price for their services vary from $100 to $400, while “escort girls” provided by escort companies may charge a lot more.
Some hotels, massage parlors and karoke music joints are known to provide similar services. Last year, the Hilton Hotel in southwest China’s Chongqing city was closed for 10 days after police found evidence of prostitution in a club inside the hotel premises.
See the full article from “Times of India”
Beijing Massage Parlors: Latest vice raids target 4 prostitution rings
Beijing police have arrested 112 suspects in connection with four prostitution rings, including 27 foreign prostitutes, the Global Times learned from police on Sunday.
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A press release from Beijing police said “the case involved the highest number of foreign arrests in Beijing… The crackdown aims to eradicate all social evils that go against the city’s endeavors to advocate a healthy, civilized and high-minded lifestyle.”
“They make contact through the Internet, where they post ads about foreign prostitutes,” said Zi Xiangdong, spokesman from the Beijing Municipal Public Security Bureau (PSB).
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Since the crackdown on the sex industry started on April 11, 2010, Beijing police have shut down 66 illegal entertainment venues and broken up 1,040 criminal gangs, including 143 prostitution rings.
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“Sexual services normally hid in rented apartments, hair salons, massage parlors, and entertainment businesses, but now they have moved to the Internet. It’s much more difficult to stamp out,” Chen said.
See the full article from “People’s Daily Online”
Beijing Massage Parlors: Faking it for real beauty
I was quite heartbroken, so I told myself if one day I could afford it, I would make myself look pretty, recalled the 26-year-old model who grew up in Kuantan.
Beauty enhanced: Leng Yein is comfortable with her modifications.
Three years later, her wish became a reality. In an act which she described as random, she went under the knife in Beijing.
Leng Yein was in China to participate in Miss Tourism International 2006. After the pageant she extended her stay in Beijing.
I went to a massage parlour because I was so bored.
There was this girl with a red nose and I asked her, Do you have a running nose?
She replied, No, I just did my nose.
And I asked myself: How come I did not notice she had a nose job .
They became friends.
The next day the Beijing girl took her shopping.
See the full article from “Malaysia Star”
Beijing Massage Parlors: Beijing police raid salons, parlors
Beijing police raid salons, parlors China Daily/Asia News Network Fri, Jul 01, 2011
By Cao Yin
BEIJING – The public security bureau of Chaoyang district on Thursday raided 14 hair salons and foot massage parlors for allegedly providing prostitution services and other crimes.
More than 80 police officers took park in the crackdown and cleared up the shops on the eastern outskirts of the city, including five unlicensed entertainment venues in a street of Pingfang, bordering the rural regions of the district.
The operation was part of a 100-day campaign by the municipal public security bureau, which will last until Sept 20.
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Police have already closed 224 hair salons and foot massage parlors in Beijing for being engaged in prostitution and have arrested 715 people since April, according to previous reports.
See the full article from “AsiaOne”
Beijing Massage Parlors: Beijing police raid salons, parlors
Beijing police raid salons, parlors By Cao Yin (China Daily) Updated: 2011-07-01 07:56
BEIJING – The public security bureau of Chaoyang district on Thursday raided 14 hair salons and foot massage parlors for allegedly providing prostitution services and other crimes.
More than 80 police officers took park in the crackdown and cleared up the shops on the eastern outskirts of the city, including five unlicensed entertainment venues in a street of Pingfang, bordering the rural regions of the district.
Police officers close a foot massage parlor in the Chaoyang district of Beijing on Thursday on suspicion that the shop was involved in prostitution. [Zhu Xingxing / for China Daily]
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Police have already closed 224 hair salons and foot massage parlors in Beijing for being engaged in prostitution and have arrested 715 people since April, according to previous reports.
See the full article from “China Daily”
Beijing Massage Parlors: China’s blind rowers to compete in int’l dragon boat contest for first time
BEIJING, June 3 (Xinhua) — China will, for the first time, send handicapped players to compete in the upcoming Second International Dragon Boat Rally of the China Yangtze Three Gorges Tourism Festival, according to the China Disabled Persons’ Federation (CDPF).
The Chinese dragon boat team, composed of 10 blind rowers and 10 non-blind rowers, will participate in the event, which will be held in Zigui county of central Hubei Province, on June 6.
The team’s name is “Hand in hand and on the same boat,” according to a spokesman from the China Association of the Blind (CAB), which is affiliated with the CDPF.
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One of the blind players, Yan Changyu, is the chairman of the Yichang association and a successful businessman. Yan has trained over 400 blind massagists and opened of his own massage parlors.
See the full article from “Xinhua”
Beijing Massage Parlors: Chinese director lands a hit after censorship woes
HONG KONG (AP) — Many directors who have faced as much censorship as Li Yu would have hung up their hats: Her third feature, the social drama “Lost in Beijing,” had to drop sexually explicit scenes and key plot lines. Its release was delayed several times. And, finally, about a month after hitting theaters in November 2007, censors pulled it altogether and banned producer Fang Li for two years.
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While filmmakers in other countries are governed by explicit guidelines, “our decisions are made by people, so the standards are sometimes loose, sometimes tight,” Li said. She said there was clampdown in the aftermath of “Lost in Beijing,” a biting social criticism that examined the fallout from a foot massage parlor owner’s rape of an employee, but now censors have become more tolerant.
See the full article from “Seattle Post Intelligencer”