Introdunction od Dongguan介绍东莞.doc

深入东莞——中国的罪恶性都 人说东莞700万人口中约有百分之十的人从事世界上最古老的行当，英国记者汤姆?菲利普斯从中国的“罪城”报道。 Inside Dongguan, Chinas Sin City Some 10 per cent of Dongguans population is said to be employed in the worlds oldest profession. Tom Phillips reports from Chinas Sin City. There are no signs outside this backstreet brothel at the heart of Chinas Sin City, just a shadowy alleyway, two metal gates and a pimp named Crow. Inside, on the five-storey villas ground floor, six prostitutes in fishnet tights and bright red lipstick are slumped onto a sofa, munching on noodles under the pink and blue glow of neon lights. The police wont trouble you, said the pimp, who was wearing a bright yellow Sweden football shirt and asked for 300 yuan (￡32) for a nights entertainment. This is Dongguan, a sprawling factory boomtown in the Pearl River Delta that boasts a population of around seven million people and a reputation as the Chinese capital of sex. For a price here, anything goes. Estimates about the scale and reach of Dongguans underground sex trade almost beggar belief. Between 500,000 and 800,000 people – some 10 per cent of Dongguans migrant population – are in some way employed in the worlds oldest profession, according to Hong Kongs South China Morning Post. A staggering 300,000 sex workers – known locally as technicians – are thought to ply their trade in thousands of side-street massage parlours, exclusive hotels, spas and neon-lit karaoke bars. Many wives feel anxious whenever their husbands take business trips to Dongguan, the citys former party chief, Liu Zhigeng, admitted in 2009. Its disgraceful. Intent on shedding the citys image as Chinas capital of sleaze, authorities are now going on the offensive. A slick new propaganda campaign seeks to recast this grimy manufacturing hub city as a picturesque cradle of culture and diversity. Upon coming to Dongguan, the first thing I notice is that the local peoples lives are deeply rooted in traditional culture, gushes the voice-over for one PR film, reporte