Dongguan's economy not hurt by sex-trade crackdown
<p><span word="Download">Download</span></p><p><span word="The">The</span> <span word="prostitution">prostitution</span> <span word="crackdown">crackdown</span> <span word="in">in</span> <span word="Dongguan">Dongguan</span>, <span word="Guangdong">Guangdong</span> <span word="province">province</span>, <span word="that">that</span> <span word="began">began</span> <span word="early">early</span> <span word="this">this</span> <span word="year">year</span> <span word="has">has</span> <span word="not">not</span> <span word="affected">affected</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="city">city</span>'<span word="s">s</span> <span word="economy">economy</span>, <span word="a">a</span> <span word="senior">senior</span> <span word="local">local</span> <span word="government">government</span> <span word="official">official</span> <span word="said">said</span>.</p><p><span word="The">The</span> <span word="news">news</span> <span word="refutes">refutes</span> <span word="reports">reports</span> <span word="during">during</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="crackdown">crackdown</span> <span word="that">that</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="sex">sex</span> <span word="trade">trade</span> <span word="was">was</span> <span word="a">a</span> <span word="major">major</span> <span word="driver">driver</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="city">city</span>'<span word="s">s</span> <span word="economy">economy</span>.</p><p><span word="In">In</span> <span word="an">an</span> <span word="interview">interview</span> <span word="aired">aired</span> <span word="by">by</span> <span word="China">China</span> <span word="Central">Central</span> <span word="Television">Television</span> <span word="on">on</span> <span word="Tuesday">Tuesday</span>, <span word="Dongguan">Dongguan</span> <span word="Mayor">Mayor</span> <span word="Yuan">Yuan</span> <span word="Baocheng">Baocheng</span> <span word="said">said</span> <span word="some">some</span> <span word="key">key</span> <span word="economic">economic</span> <span word="indexes">indexes</span>, <span word="including">including</span> <span word="industrial">industrial</span> <span word="electricity">electricity</span> <span word="consumption">consumption</span> <span word="and">and</span> <span word="exports">exports</span>, <span word="showed">showed</span> <span word="increasing">increasing</span> <span word="momentum">momentum</span> <span word="in">in</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="first">first</span> <span word="three">three</span> <span word="months">months</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="this">this</span> <span word="year">year</span>.</p><p>"<span word="I">I</span> <span word="have">have</span> <span word="always">always</span> <span word="understood">understood</span> <span word="that">that</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="crackdown">crackdown</span> <span word="on">on</span> <span word="prostitution">prostitution</span> <span word="will">will</span> <span word="not">not</span> <span word="largely">largely</span> <span word="affect">affect</span> <span word="local">local</span> <span word="economic">economic</span> <span word="development">development</span>, <span word="given">given</span> <span word="that">that</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="illegal">illegal</span> <span word="sex">sex</span> <span word="industry">industry</span> <span word="accounted">accounted</span> <span word="for">for</span> <span word="only">only</span> <span word="a">a</span> <span word="small">small</span> <span word="percentage">percentage</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="local">local</span> <span word="economy">economy</span>," <span word="Yuan">Yuan</span> <span word="said">said</span>.</p><p><span word="A">A</span> <span word="three">three</span>-<span word="month">month</span> <span word="sex">sex</span>-<span word="trade">trade</span> <span word="crackdown">crackdown</span> <span word="since">since</span> <span word="February">February</span>, <span word="following">following</span> <span word="CCTV">CCTV</span>'<span word="s">s</span> <span word="exposure">exposure</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="rampant">rampant</span> <span word="prostitution">prostitution</span> <span word="in">in</span> <span word="Dongguan">Dongguan</span> - <span word="a">a</span> <span word="manufacturing">manufacturing</span> <span word="and">and</span> <span word="trade">trade</span> <span word="city">city</span> <span word="in">in</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="Pearl">Pearl</span> <span word="River">River</span> <span word="Delta">Delta</span> - <span word="raised">raised</span> <span word="concern">concern</span> <span word="over">over</span> <span word="a">a</span> <span word="possible">possible</span> <span word="post">post</span>-<span word="crackdown">crackdown</span> <span word="economic">economic</span> <span word="slowdown">slowdown</span>.</p><p><span word="During">During</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="crackdown">crackdown</span>, <span word="hundreds">hundreds</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="entertainment">entertainment</span> <span word="venues">venues</span>, <span word="including">including</span> <span word="massage">massage</span> <span word="parlors">parlors</span> <span word="and">and</span> <span word="hotels">hotels</span>, <span word="were">were</span> <span word="closed">closed</span>, <span word="and">and</span> <span word="a">a</span> <span word="number">number</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="local">local</span> <span word="officials">officials</span> <span word="were">were</span> <span word="put">put</span> <span word="under">under</span> <span word="investigation">investigation</span> <span word="for">for</span> <span word="alleged">alleged</span> <span word="involvement">involvement</span> <span word="in">in</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="sex">sex</span> <span word="industry">industry</span>.</p><p><span word="But">But</span> "<span word="preliminary">preliminary</span> <span word="economic">economic</span> <span word="statistics">statistics</span> <span word="in">in</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="first">first</span> <span word="quarter">quarter</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="this">this</span> <span word="year">year</span> <span word="are">are</span> <span word="beyond">beyond</span> <span word="our">our</span> <span word="expectation">expectation</span>", <span word="Yuan">Yuan</span> <span word="said">said</span>.</p><p><span word="Dongguan">Dongguan</span>'<span word="s">s</span> <span word="industrial">industrial</span> <span word="power">power</span> <span word="consumption">consumption</span> <span word="increased">increased</span> <span word="by">by</span> <span word="about">about</span> 13 <span word="percent">percent</span> <span word="year">year</span>-<span word="on">on</span>-<span word="year">year</span> <span word="in">in</span> <span word="March">March</span>, <span word="indicating">indicating</span> <span word="an">an</span> <span word="active">active</span> <span word="manufacturing">manufacturing</span> <span word="activity">activity</span>, <span word="Yuan">Yuan</span> <span word="said">said</span>.</p>
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