A variety of sexual services could be obtained easily in hotels, karaokes, entertainment centers, dance halls, saunas, bathhouses hairdressers, barbershops, saunas, bathhouses, massage parlors, nightclubs and on the streets. In one survey, 10 percent of sexually-active men admitted having paid for sex with a prostitute. Estimates of the numbers of prostitutes in China range from 3 million according to officials estimates by the government to 10 million by the U.
State Department to 20 million by one Chinese economist. By one count there around 1 million full-time prostitutes in China and perhaps 8 to 10 million more that sometimes accept money and gifts for sex.
However, since all that has changed. It began wth a crackdown on brothels and saunas in China's sex capital, Dongguan. Many observers assumed that this crackdown would be like many others, and after laying low for a few months, the brothels and saunas would reopen and things would be back to normal. But that never happened. It's been two years since the big crackdown now, and there is no sign that things will ever go back to normal.
The crackdown has spread from Dongguan to every city in China large and small. All the old barbershop brothels are closed down permanently. All the old sex saunas are also closed down permanently.
.jpg "Adult Guide in Anshan")
Sexual services are still available in China today, they are more expensive and harder to find than before. We cover Hong Kong , Macau and Taiwan in separate articles. From the traveller's practical point of view, they are distinct as each issues its own visas, currency and so on.
