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1. News - China

   Sex workers in China face police abuse, beatings and torture: Human Rights Watch

   Posted May 14th 2013, 09:21am by Verna Yu

   ... of prostitution. She refused and was beaten. The government is doing far too little to bring an end to the abuses or to ensure that women in sex work have access to health services Human Rights Watch She ...

   http://www.scmp.com/news/china/article/1237374/chinas-sex-workers-trapped-abuse-cycle-says-human-rights-watch
2. News - Hong Kong - SEX INDUSTRY

   More sex workers report abuse by police, survey finds

   Posted Dec 17th 2012, 05:31pm by Ernest Kao

   ... News Hong Kong Sex Workers Rights Sex Worker Sex Industry Survey Ernest Kao An increasing number of sex workers report being threatened or blackmailed by police, according to a survey conducted by Action for Reach Out (AFRO), a non-governmental organisation representing female sex workers' rights in Hong Kong. The survey, which polled 200 sex workers in Hong Kong, found ...

   http://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/article/1107100/more-sex-workers-report-being-abused-police
3. Crackdown fails to scare Dongguan's sex-trade veterans

   Posted Nov 26th 2009, 12:00am by Fiona Tam

   ... Sex Industry Social Issues Fiona Tam in Dongguan They work in hotels, saunas, massage parlours and karaoke bars; an army of 300,000 whose existence is unacknowledged, whose activities are illegal, and whose industry is irresistibly lucrative and impossible to wipe out. Dongguan has become known as the sex capital of China, where shrewd operators - abetted by accommodating officials ...

   http://www.scmp.com/article/699410/crackdown-fails-scare-dongguans-sex-trade-veterans
4. Girl, 14, among 10 held over sex rings

   Posted Sep 27th 2008, 12:00am by Clifford Lo

   ... was from either of the syndicates. Chief Inspector Chung said the girls and women controlled by the syndicates were paid HK$800 to HK$2,000 each in return for sex but had to pay 40 to 50 per cent ...

   http://www.scmp.com/article/654167/girl-14-among-10-held-over-sex-rings
5. News - China - SOCIETY

   Mistresses, sex workers part of same supply chain, says sociologist

   Posted Jan 22nd 2013, 03:15pm by Ernest Kao

   ... and Culture” forum in Changsha, last Monday. “Because a mistress is long-term and a sex worker is a one-off relationship, the former represents wholesale and the latter retail,” said Li. Since ...

   http://www.scmp.com/news/china/article/1133746/mistresses-and-sex-workers-part-same-supply-chain-says-sociologist
6. Secret escape routes in brothels

   Posted Oct 09th 2005, 12:00am by Patsy Moy

   ... Law Law Sex Industry Brothel Sex Trade Patsy Moy Twelve men who ran a sophisticated prostitution ring, which included a compensation scheme for sex workers if they were convicted, were sentenced yesterday. Their four Mongkok brothels, which turned over $650,000 a month and recruited prostitutes from overseas, included secret escape routes from police. The men were arrested ...

   http://www.scmp.com/article/519652/secret-escape-routes-brothels
7. Concern group sets up network for sex workers' safety

   Posted Mar 18th 2008, 12:00am by Agnes Lam

   ... Action for Reach Out, another concern group, said the sex industry was studying the possibility of setting up an emergency link under which an alarm would be installed at every one-woman brothel ...

   http://www.scmp.com/article/630319/concern-group-sets-network-sex-workers-safety
8. 'This is the only thing I can do'

   Posted Nov 11th 2007, 12:00am by Sherry Lee

   ... in the Mong Kok office of Midnight Blue - a union for men working in the sex trade - he seems sweet and naive and talks politely. The Tuen Mun villager became a sex worker three years ago after his ...

   http://www.scmp.com/article/615205/only-thing-i-can-do
9. Fleece them intelligently

   Posted Jun 14th 2009, 12:00am

   ... with a client, she is weak. To change the power equation, she needs the support of other sex workers.' The United Nations rates the DMSC strategy as the 'best practice' model to curb HIV ...

   http://www.scmp.com/article/683630/fleece-them-intelligently
10. Prostitute murdered in one-woman brothel

    Posted Nov 24th 2008, 12:00am by Agnes Lam, Colleen Lee

    ... for non-governmental organisation Zi Teng, which provides help to sex workers, said it had already contacted all sex workers who operated one-woman brothels in its Tsuen Wan network and reminded them ...

    http://www.scmp.com/article/661288/prostitute-murdered-one-woman-brothel

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