More than Japan, more than Thailand, China is Asia's superpower of vice. The whole country is a red light district that the borders can't even contain, with mainland girls spilling into neighboring countries and dominating their water trade. Their karaoke parlors and nightclubs are packed with tall, lithe, fresh-looking girls who would seem excellent fodder for magazine photographers. Which raises the question of why we're not seeing a flood of Chinese beauties turning up on the web.
Well, the beauties are there, like the anonymous one above waiting for the elevator (here's the gallery, from mainland Chinese web site mmkao.com). But the style's not quite up to par. Put this girl in the hands of Japanese or Thai stylists and photographers, get her out of that lobby and into some real clothes, and she'd be ready for prime time. A big part of the problem is that the usual market for good pictures of girls -- magazines -- is government-controlled, and while the government is fine with brothels on every block, they're not cool with printed material. They also control the web, but their grip is weaker there, and that's where we're starting to see some signs of progress.
This photoshoot still has more going against it than for it, but the potential's hard to miss.
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