China Underground
When we think about Hong Kong often images of shiny skyscrapers and colorful neon signs come to mind. But Hong Kong has a darker side, … Read more
Three of the most representative films of the 2013 edition are from Japan: I Have to Buy New Shoes by Eriko Kitagawa, See You Tomorrow, Everyone by Yoshihiro Nakamura and A Story of Yonosuke by Shuichi Okita.
Chinese brothels: From time to time in major Chinese sites are posted pictures of police raids on brothels.
Photos of arrested people, taken by photographers who accompany police during operations, are published as a warning. A modern form of a medieval pillory, in order to discourage customers.
Related: Pictures of raids on Chinese prostitution, The history of prostitution in Modern China
August 31, 2010. Police in Fuzhou arrests two transvestites who used fake breasts.
Related: Pictures of raids on Chinese prostitution , The history of prostitution in Modern China
November 2010. The police of Guangxi breaks into a 4-star hotel where they found 6 prostitutes, students of a local school, some of which pregnant.
August 2010. Fujian. 6 men and 6 prostitutes arrested.
May 2010. Beijing police during a large-scale raid on 4 nightclub arrests dozens of prostitutes.
July 9, 2010. Kunming. Man pleads to let him go, but the pictures are published in all the major sites.
Guangxi police crushes a huge traffic of more than 90 men and women forced into prostitution.
Chongqing
Dongguan. Four prostitutes are arrested during the Asian Games
Xi’an
August 3, 2010, Nanning. Police arrested 26 people. They also seized two homemade guns.
30 agosto 2010. Shanghai.
November 2010. A drunken customer challenged and mocked photographers.
December 3, 2010. Police in Guilin crushes a network of African women forced into prostitution.
Sometimes raids may turn in grotesque. A customer in Jilin, still naked, tries to escape by climbing on the roof.
Topic: Chinese Brothels,brothels pictures,Beijing prostitutes pictures,photographs of prostitutes
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The disastrous years of the War of Resistance against Japanese aggression and the War of Liberation devastated China: corpses were scattered along Chinese roads. Natural … Read more
Many disused containers near Shanghai have been converted into houses. Container parks grew so much in number, resulting in virtual neighbourhoods. The rent of a … Read more
A twenty-two years old Chinese student in Shijiazhuang, Hebei Province, from the middle of January 2013 has become famous in the city. But what did … Read more
Artistic Nude and the Human Body Model in Modern Chinese Art Artistic nude and human body model study were introduced in China about a century … Read more
A documentary by Vice investigating the devastating effects of pollution in China.
Linfen is a coal-mining town in Shanxi province.
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Advertising in pre-communist China Before the advent of the Communist regime in 1949, China, and especially Shanghai, began to experience forms of advertising borrowed from … Read more
UDINE – The gaze focused on the present and the future of Asian film, through 60 titles that draw on the best productions in recent months, and a tribute to the world ambassador of Korean culture: the great Kim Dong-ho! This is the fifteenth – much awaited – edition of the Far East Film Festival. Here is the window that will open up, from April 19 to 27, on the Far East…
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In recent years, China has become not only an economic giant but also an increasingly important destination for international tourism. At least once in a … Read more