China in rare crackdown on sex industry in southern vice hub

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China in rare crackdown on sex industry in southern vice hub

<p><a href="http://news.yahoo.com/china-rare-crackdown-sex-industry-southern-vice-hub-064610515--sector.html"><img src="http://l2.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/cSKR.P1beppuzklRPsQBGA--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9ZmlsbDtoPTg2O3E9NzU7dz0xMzA-/http://media.zenfs.com/en_us/News/Reuters/2014-02-10T113823Z_2_CBREA190QXQ00_RTROPTP_2_CHINA-PROSTITUTION.JPG" width="130" height="86" alt="People are taken away during a police action striking prostitution from a hotel in Dongguan" align="left" title="People are taken away during a police action striking prostitution from a hotel in Dongguan" border="0" /></a>By James Pomfret HONG KONG (Reuters) - Chinese authorities have carried out a rare crackdown on the sex trade in the &quot;sin city&quot; of Dongguan following a candid report by the state broadcaster on the underground industry. China outlawed prostitution after the Communist revolution in 1949, but it returned with a vengeance following landmark economic reforms three decades ago, and has helped fuel a rise in HIV/AIDS and sexually transmitted diseases. While the government carries out periodic crackdowns, it is unusual for state media to cover them in such a high-profile way or for top officials to comment on the problem, underscoring worry about the explosion of the sex trade. Media said 67 people were arrested and 12 venues were shut down in a sting operation involving thousands of police in the Dongguan region at the heart of China's Pearl River Delta industrial hub in the southern province of Guangdong.</p><br clear="all"/>

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