I noticed there is a 30+ access thread about this but I feel we're here to share, and the data is available for free on many chinese and foreign sites, so why restricting it here...
So I felt I'd do an "open to everyone' thread with more details about the why, how, what now...
What has been going on?
Since the 2nd week of August, Shanghai has been under multiple raids.
Saunas have been raided and shut down in Changning district, Yangpu district and the more vocal event was the sauna below the Shanghai Stadium and another just in the near area being also raided and shut down despite very high level guanxi.
Pics from the raid:
http://slide.news.sina.com.cn/s/slide_1_2841_196977.html#p=1
http://sh.eastday.com/m/20170811/u1ai10780103.html
And video news here:
https://zx.sina.cn/n/2017-08-12/ ... d.html?wm=3049_0015
As for local MPs the "naughty" ones got told to close. If you go to Changning and many other districts, they even got a police sticker sealing the doors...
Mongering is not the only activity being targeted, money games/improvised casino are being raided as well. 100s of people ended up in prison.
Why is this going on?
There are various reasons stated for why this is going on. Hard to say which reason in particular is behind this but:
1/ Reason n°1 the "baidu map scandal"
Like the Donguan events (which were trailed by a CCTV documentary) the Shanghai shut down was activated by a media follow up on "Baidu Map sex sauna/mp advertising scandal".
A good reading:
https://www.xcnnews.com/rd/196987.html (google translate if you can't read chinese)
On a side note you can see another good article about how Minhang shut down most of the redlight activities the past months in their district here:
http://shanghai.xinmin.cn/msrx/2017/02/26/30865809.html
And the same techniques are being used now on a Shanghai wide basis...
2/ Reason n°2 to explain why the Shanghai Stadium sauna was aimed in particular is that they wanted to renovate the area and there were money issues
http://www.shanghaidaily.com/met ... venue/shdaily.shtml
3/ Reason n°3 there was a police chief change / local government change
4/ Xi jinping is meant to be coming to Shanghai soon and even clean joints have been notified that they'd have restriction on women massaging men (door open, etc...)
5/ Last but not the least, there is the 19th congress of the PCC starting on October 18th. They will appoint members of the politburo and decide if Xi Jingping will have someone replacing him in 5 years (normally they only do 2 terms but rumor says he's trying to push for 3 and if he has no successor appointed this time, he'll be fine next time...).
And as you may know Donguan was shut down because people close to Zhou Yang Kang / JiangZemin had used the money they made in the oil industry to invest in Donguan hotels and XXX venues. Well... these people are called the Shanghai Clan and as some may have notice when Donguan closed many establishments, managers, girls... went to Shanghai and are fueling Xi Jinping enemies with cash and he wants to stop that.
How long will it last?
Hard to say. Many people said it would last till end of August, then end of September.
Its likely to last at least till end of October due to the 19th congress... but then again noone really knows.
What can we do?
1/ Rest
2/ Take away to 5 star hotel rooms is still the safest option if you wan't action
Either independant whom gave you their contact before, or hotel inhouse MPs which are usually shut down but do room delivery, or more risky you have sauna managers doing room delivery for 2k RMB
3/ Some MPs have reopened (some in Jing'an, some in Putuo, some in Minhang from various readings on chinese/english boards).
It doesn't mean that they are safe to go to. Most often its just that they are short on cash and need to reopen because they feel they risk even more not reimbursing their creditors...
Some Sauna are meant to have relocated in Kunshan and Nanjing.
In short... stay safe and wait for the wind to calm down.
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Last edited by sinofaguo at 5-9-2017 01:34 ]
