"SHANGHAI ? ADCExpo, the largest adult show in Asia, wrapped Aug. 13 at the China International Exhibition Center.

More than 100 manufacturers were on hand to show their latest products to 3,000 buyers such as Doc Johnson, Fun Factory and Alexander Institute. About 60,000 people attended the three-day show, which was open to the public during select hours.


The show is indicative of China?s somewhat duplicitous attitude toward adult entertainment. On the one hand, the government is working to stamp out porn sites and actively censors material its citizens can access online and buy in video stores. On the other hand, it relies heavily on revenues from exports of adult goods... @

"Women have broken out of passive, dutiful, patriarchal expectations and are now having multiple lovers, watching porn, getting divorced. Is there a new sexual revolution going on?

Absolutely. It's not just with women but also men, especially older men who have been very good cadres for 30 years. These two groups, I'm telling you, are having fun. But it is a backward system for educated women, for intellectual women, women in their 30s and early 40s. I see a lot of them single. They are very intelligent, capable, beautiful, but they can't find husbands. Beibei, the character in my novel, is an example. She is highly successful and takes another route. [The character takes many young male lovers.] In Chinese society, men are not ready yet for a strong woman. And there are so many women out there, so demure, like little girls, so girly. But at the same time they are not shy. They are willing to have sex with Westerners in exchange for just a Western meal, or because they want to practice English... @

It's a friggin revolution.