by MITCH MOXLEY
The nationwide campaign targeted a total of 26 cities over six months. In one night alone in July, 10 supervision teams arrested 370 suspects in eight cities in six provinces, including Jilin, Shanghai and Hainan.
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But experts say the crackdown, although larger in scale and more effective than previous campaigns, barely scratches the surface of the vast, underground sex work operating here. They argue that the government needs to combine raids on bath houses and karaoke clubs – notorious in China for being dens of prostitution – with better education and job training for poor women working in the industry.
Some even suggest that the government legalise red light districts in a bid to control an industry that employs potentially millions of young women.
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