A War between Hookers and Residents

During the recent decade in China, the once vanished business, the prostitution, is booming again. Some have attached the service to a legitimate commercial outlet, such as hair salon and bath parlour, and others simply conduct work on secret street trading. As the number of peasant workers grows, so does the number of sex vendors.

After years of watching their hutong to be taken by hookers, the residents of the Qinghe Township in Beijing’s Haidian District finally decided to fight back. A few days ago they posed leaflets on the walls of the alley, which read, "Sex sellers, leave this hutong please".

But the residents had underestimated the determination of the sex retailers to defend their established marketplace. In the late afternoon, the saleswomen bounced back in number and with a vengeance. They tore all the leaflets into pieces and vigorously promoted their service products. "50 yuan only, great bargain" one announced to a peasant labour. "Mine 30 yuan, you won’t find a better deal like this," another competed. So again, the locals could only watch how each hookers were hooked, and left in pairs with their matches. When police arrived, all they saw was a messy ground reduced by torn leaflets.

A leaflet and a Beijing journalist pretending to be a patron to investigate the incident

Sex Topics in China

Women Leaders in China

China’s Minister of Human Resource Development said on Thursday that with the similar qualification, a woman instead of a male candidate should be the one to be promoted into leadership position.

By the end of 2005, of all governance and management positions in China, nearly 40 percent are taken by women, with total number of women decision-makers reaching 15 million.

A Swimming Champion Drowned

After an opening ceremony for China’s Ninth Open Water Swimming Championship on Monday, the competition began. But when 2000m Relay for Men aged over 60 finished, the organisers have a trouble to declare the final outcome, because one of the swimmers, the 2002 champion in the 5000m, did not land within expected time frame. And he never did. His body was discovered and brought to the shore the next day.

26 August 2006 (Saturday, seond Lunar July 3)

Daoist Festival

The Second Daoist Festival kicked off on Thursday night at Mt Qingcheng with grand performance of Taichi and Daoist music. Located 65 kilometres west of the Sichuan provincial capital Chengdu, the mountain is one of the top ten sacred Daoist sites, named Great Celestial Grotto of Nine-Room for Precious Immortality. It is also one of the birthplaces of Daoism, at where the famous Celestial Master Zhang Daoling of Han Dynasty (206 BC – 220 AD) formulated the Orthodox Oneness Daoist lineage. The festival will run for five straight days until next Tuesday, August 29, the eve of the second Chinese Valentine’s Day.

Entrance of Mt. Qingcheng and Taichi performence

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