Chinese luxury hotel
A three-day orgy allegedly held at a Chinese luxury hotel for hundreds of male Japanese tourists has provoked outrage after reports of the lurid goings-on were published in China's state media.
The 400 or so men, aged between 16 and 37, flew into Zhuhai city in southern Guangdong province expressly for sex at the five-star hotel, according to the media reports.
On one of the nights the men are said to have had nearly 500 girls brought to serve them.
The incident, at a time when Chinese resentment against Japan is already very high, has prompted thousands of angry messages to be posted on the internet by Chinese users.
Many see it as a deliberate attempt to humiliate Chinese pride because it took place on the anniversary of Japan's occupation of north-east China.
The authorities have shut down the hotel where the party was reportedly held - the Zhuhai International Convention Center Hotel - and a police investigation has begun.
"We've sent people down to investigate, but we don't have any details yet," said a police official at the Guangdong Province Public Security Bureau.
Groping in lifts
Media reports suggested the hotel, using its contacts in Japan, had organised the group of all-male tourists from Japan to come to Zhuhai.
On the night of 16 September, witnesses said the tourists could be seen grabbing the women in the hotel lobby.
There were reportedly gropings in the lift which left some guests waiting half an hour to catch it to reach their rooms.
Asked why they were in Zhuhai, one of the Japanese guests was quoted as saying: "We came to play with Chinese girls!"
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