China Sex Guide advises where to find sex , prostitution , hookers , brothels , erotic massage parlors and escorts in China, Asia. This number of neighbouring states is equalled only by China's vast neighbour to the north, Russia.
This article only covers Mainland China. For Hong Kong , Macau and Taiwan , please see separate articles. Officially, prostitution is illegal in mainland China. The government of China has vacillated, however, in its legal treatment of prostitutes themselves, treating them sometimes as criminals and sometimes as behaving with misconduct. Since the reemergence of prostitution in the s, government authorities have responded by first using the legal system, that is, the daily operations of institutions like courts and police.
Second, they have relied on police-led campaigns, clearly delineated periods of intense public activity, as a form of social discipline. Despite lobbying by international NGOs and overseas commentators, there is not much support for legalisation of the sex sector by the public, social organizations or the government of the PRC.
Starting in the s and into the s prostitution was a fast growing industry in mainland China. Sex was practiced out in the open. 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.
