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Dongguan Gets Its Mojo Back as Entertainment Venues Reopen

Posted: 07/30/2014 3:01 pm

ktv party girl dongguan prostitution crackdownDongguan seems to have its mojo back.

Dongguan entertainment venues say they are ready for business following a crackdown on illegal establishments, reports Southcn. Apparently 80% of the venues are back in business as legal entities.

That said, Dongguan says it will continue to enforce the law. Managers of entertainment venues across the city were gathered yesterday and warned not to involve themselves in the prostitution trade. They all had to sign contracts promising to keep their businesses clean.

At present, there are 38 saunas, 465 KTVs, and 631 foot massage venues legally operating in Dongguan. Called the “3 entertainments” to occupy your spare time, the city of Dongguan has a total 1,134 such establishments.

Ever since a crackdown on the city’s sex trade was initiated in February after a CCTV News report exposed the extent of the problem, Dongguan authorities have cracked 281 sex trade cases, found 530 venues involved in prostitution, arrested 700 suspects, and disciplined 1,552 criminals.

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Dongguan admits to full-blown HIV/AIDS crisis

Posted: 01/27/2014 7:00 am

Dongguan last week put the figure of waitresses infected with HIV/AIDS in the city at around 2,000. The official website of the Dongguan health bureau published the statement to refute recent online rumours that the figure was as high as 2,700, Global Times reports.

One rumor said that in Houjie town alone, there were 1,600 AIDS patients. Another rumor said 633 local waitresses were infected.

The rumors may have come from a recent trial in a Dongguan court, the Guangzhou Daily reported.

Global Times has more:

On January 15, media reports said that the First People’s Court of Dongguan revealed a case in which a woman knew she was an AIDS patient but still engaged in prostitution without wearing condoms.

The health bureau said similar rumors also appeared in Dalian, Beijing, Fuzhou and other cities.

According to the bureau, by December 31, 2013, the number of HIV/AIDS carriers had climbed to 2,032 since the city identified its first AIDS patient in 1991.

As part of this figure, from January to October last year, Dongguan reported that 583 people had become HIV positive, including 166 AIDS patients and 58 people who died, the newspaper reported.

Ten percent of the people who tested positive were locals, and the ratio of male to female was at four to one. Most of the carriers and patients were aged between 20 and 39.

Sex is the primary method of transmission in Dongguan, and homosexuals are at the highest risk with an infection rate of 17 percent.

A senior official from the Dongguan Center for Disease Control and Prevention said, “The number of HIV/AIDS patients reported in Dongguan has increased every year. The number reported from January to October increased 16 percent year on year. Dongguan is entering a high incidence period of HIV/AIDS.”

According to the official, the increase was because of activities by the “high risk” segment of the population.

From 2004, Dongguan set up free clinics for HIV/AIDS enquiries. From January to October last year, only 810 people utilized these free services.

The city has established teams to offer free training, condoms and tests for high risk people, the health bureau said.

As serious as the problem is, it is probably worse in the Chinese countryside.

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