Taiwanese Tourists Arrested in Shenzhen for Soliciting Prostitutes
Eight Taiwanese men visiting Guangdong in a tourist group were arrested in a police raid for soliciting prostitutes. The arrests raised questions about organized prostitution tours from Taiwan, reported Nanfang Metropolitan Daily.
The Taiwanese tourists were staying in a hotel near a local entertainment establishment in Futian District, known to provide sexual services. Popularly referred to as “Mai Chun Tuan”, or “Buying Spring Groups”, tour groups from Taiwan are known to pay top dollar for mainland sexual services. The Oriental Daily has gone so far as to dub Xiachuan Island in southeast Guangdong as “heaven for Taiwan pimps”. A week-long tour to the region costs NTD 30,000 to NTD 50,000 (RMB 7,000 to RMB 13,000).
The Taiwanese travel agency, however, denied allegations that they offer sex tours, and insists this was an isolated case. As for how the tourists managed to find the night club, a representative from the travel agency could offer no explanation, the report said.
Eight prostitutes were also arrested by police during the raid, and the night club was fined RMB 100,000 and forced to shut down business for six months.
Guangdong initiated a large-scale crackdown on sex workers this year after China’s state broadcaster CCTV published an exposé in February on the rampant sex trade in Dongguan
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