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Police crackdown on Chinese ‘sex capital’ Dongguan prompts surprising outpouring of sympathy
PUBLISHED : Monday, 10 February, 2014, 5:54pm
UPDATED : Monday, 10 February, 2014, 6:17pm
Chris Luo [email protected]
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Screengrab from the CCTV report
Dongguan, a Guangdong city dubbed the “sex capital of China” for its thriving underground sex industry, may be facing the largest police crackdown in years after a report by state television CCTV investigating the illicit trade. But the renewed police action has been met with an unexpected social media campaign rallying ‘moral support’ for the city.
The campaign, appearing to be spontaneous and not formed from any one organisation, has seen a large number of online users of social networking websites posting and sharing encouraging phrases such as “Dongguan, hang in there!” or “Today we are all Dongguan people,” popular catchphrases often used in China to cheer people up after huge disasters.
The former phrase was searched for almost 130,000 times on China’s most popular microblogging site, Sina Weibo, and became the second most searched term as of Monday afternoon. “CCTV, Dongguan” was the fourth most searched term.
The crackdown followed CCTV’s lengthy investigative report which was aired on Sunday morning. Footage taken by undercover journalists using hidden cameras revealed in vivid detail various underground prostitution activities in a number of luxurious hotel-turned brothels.
Watch: CCTV news report on Dongguan prostitution
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Police crackdown on Chinese ‘sex capital’ Dongguan prompts surprising outpouring of sympathy
PUBLISHED : Monday, 10 February, 2014, 5:54pm
UPDATED : Monday, 10 February, 2014, 6:17pm
Chris Luo [email protected]
http://www.scmp.com/sites/default/files/styles/486x302/public/2014/02/10/33_0.jpg?itok=ThZm9suY
Screengrab from the CCTV report
Dongguan, a Guangdong city dubbed the “sex capital of China” for its thriving underground sex industry, may be facing the largest police crackdown in years after a report by state television CCTV investigating the illicit trade. But the renewed police action has been met with an unexpected social media campaign rallying ‘moral support’ for the city.
The campaign, appearing to be spontaneous and not formed from any one organisation, has seen a large number of online users of social networking websites posting and sharing encouraging phrases such as “Dongguan, hang in there!” or “Today we are all Dongguan people,” popular catchphrases often used in China to cheer people up after huge disasters.
The former phrase was searched for almost 130,000 times on China’s most popular microblogging site, Sina Weibo, and became the second most searched term as of Monday afternoon. “CCTV, Dongguan” was the fourth most searched term.
The crackdown followed CCTV’s lengthy investigative report which was aired on Sunday morning. Footage taken by undercover journalists using hidden cameras revealed in vivid detail various underground prostitution activities in a number of luxurious hotel-turned brothels.
Watch: CCTV news report on Dongguan prostitution