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Beijing Escorts: Can Chinese media rule the airwaves?

suziewong — Fri, 03 Sep 2010 09:26:43 +0000

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 Adult Entertainment: What’s Going On with Guo Degang, Now China’s Most Reviled Comedian?

afterdark — Mon, 30 Aug 2010 23:36:45 +0000

The official version is that a BTV investigation into whether Guo’s Beijing villa encroached onto “public green space” turned nasty when a reporter was allegedly beaten up by Li Hebiao, a protégé of Guo’s. The comedian himself then turned up the heat with an incendiary attack on the media during a show, calling hacks “whore-respondents” and “green-light” prostitutes. As the public spat intensified, events began to turn against Guo.
So the media, freshly emboldened from a recent – and justified – triumph over censorship, nobly took on a famous bully – and claimed another scalp.
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Now his books have been yanked from (most) shelves in Beijing and Tianjin (his hometown), his theatres have had their licenses revoked and he has been airbrushed from state television. How is this a paragon of freedom? And what on earth has the government got to do with a spat between him and some reporters?

See the full article from “China Digital Times”

Beijing Escorts: China tempers justice with mercy by amending Criminal Law

suziewong — Mon, 23 Aug 2010 21:12:49 +0000

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 Adult Entertainment: Real-name registration contains crime in Beijing’s entertainment industry

afterdark — Fri, 20 Aug 2010 20:25:10 +0000

To combat prostitution, gambling, and drug use, more than 80,000 staff members in Beijing’s entertainment sector, are alloted integrated circuit (IC) cards to put them under the real-name registration system, said a
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While coming to work and leaving the entertainment venues, employees have to swipe their IC cards, he said.
“Through their wearing the cards, we can get a timely grasp of their tracks, which will also help prevent any harm coming to them and protect their legal rights,” he said.
Starting from April 14, Beijing police have launched a special crackdown on prostitution, gambling and drugs.
After the introduction of real-name registration system, the authorities have been asked to reduce the crimes involving pornography and gambling by 61 percent in July compared with same year last year, said the report.
Out of investigated 2,635 entertainment venues, 42 got suspended and 1,417 employees possessed criminal records.
Experts feel that the new regulations will go a long way in regulating the entertainment industry and will help root out pornography. Further, it is expected to protect the labor rights of those who have criminal records.

See the full article from “International Business Times AU”

Beijing Escorts: Beijing Registers Workers at Recreation Centres

suziewong — Fri, 20 Aug 2010 06:48:52 +0000

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

suziewong — Fri, 20 Aug 2010 06:48:51 +0000

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 Adult Entertainment: What’s going on with Guo Degang, now China’s most reviled comedian?

afterdark — Mon, 16 Aug 2010 10:00:36 +0000

The official version is that a BTV investigation into whether Guo’s Beijing villa encroached onto “public green space” turned nasty when a reporter was allegedly beaten up by Li Hebiao, a protégé of Guo’s. The comedian himself then turned up the heat with an incendiary attack on the media during a show, calling hacks “whore-respondents” and “green-light” prostitutes. As the public spat intensified, events began to turn against Guo.
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In fact, it was more of an ugly and undignified witch-hunt: the cancellation of performances at Guo’s theatres, for example, was not a voluntary reaction to public pressure but rather a state-backed crackdown on Guo himself. The fact that Guo – whose earthy, populist reinvigoration of cross-talk culture has previously copped accusations of lewdness – ended up being caught up in the Hu Jintao-backed “Sān sú ‘Three Vulgarities’ campaign’ (which he had himself satirized) only increased public distaste when People’s Daily tried to depict this as an example of press freedom in China. Now his books h …

See the full article from “Shanghaiist”

Beijing Escorts: Beijing police make routine raid against crimes

suziewong — Thu, 12 Aug 2010 11:36:55 +0000

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

suziewong — Tue, 10 Aug 2010 23:24:33 +0000

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 Adult Entertainment: Beijing Bans Top Comedian

afterdark — Mon, 09 Aug 2010 18:24:59 +0000

Beijing Bans Top Comedian
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The move came soon after an Aug. 1 incident in which Guo’s student Li Hebiao attacked a Beijing television journalist in a dispute about permission to film at Guo’s home.
Guo responded with an invective-laden blog post titled “Journalists Are Worse Than Prostitutes,” in turn sparking calls among Chinese netizens for a boycott of xiangsheng, or “crosstalk,” style comedy shows which feature a dialogue between two performers.
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Beijing-based author Ling Cangzhou said there might also be deeper political motivations than the spat between Guo, Li and Beijing TV.
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Beijing-based rights lawyer Tang Jingling said he agreed with many of the sentiments being expressed online, because the actions taken against Guo have no basis in law.
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“Between the gold and the dross in this industry, he leaves behind only dross,” said the commentary, translated into English by Beijing-based media blog Danwei.org.

See the full article from “Radio Free Asia”