Shanghaiist: Extra! Extra! Apple in Beijing, sex workers at the Olympics and an Orthodox revival

DaffyDuck

Mon, 11 Aug 2008 01:36:45 +0800

It's actually called an 'iPhone 3G', not an 'iPod 3G' (there is no such thing).

booggerg

Thu, 19 Jun 2008 05:59:48 +0800

Sex workers in Dubai bars? Really? I was there for a week and didn't anything of the sort.. Maybe it was because of the crew I was with..

EL JEFE

Tue, 17 Jun 2008 15:41:31 +0800

Is that the new Zarva zPod? Finally...

nanheyangrouchuan

Tue, 17 Jun 2008 13:00:10 +0800

It'll be interesting to see the Russian mob's prostitution go head to head with China's.

Kenneth T

Tue, 17 Jun 2008 12:24:36 +0800

Well, guess what, Chinese prostitutes are also now in Afghanistan: http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080614/ap_on_re_as/afghanistan_chinese_prostitutes Looks like there is nowhere where they aren't present.

charlesfrith

Tue, 17 Jun 2008 11:59:46 +0800

I was surprised to see the number of Chinese sex workers frequenting bars in Dubai recently. Given that the only thing that matters is money I'd have thought it expensive be in the middle East when a massive influx of potential business is coming to Beijing. The most interesting comment in the article cited is "There was no open prostitution 25 years ago," Jing Jun, a sociology and AIDS policy professor at Tsinghua University told the Washington Post in a 2007 article by Maureen Fan titled "Oldest Profession Flourishes in China". "Fifteen years ago, you didn't find sex workers in remote areas and cities. But now it's prevalent in every city, every county." This is what happens when money is the only thing worth achieving as the mantra goes in China now (and on Fox television I might add).