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This topic has appeared in the English Wikipedia rankings 1 time. It first appeared on 2026-05-11 and was most recently seen on 2026-05-11.
Officially, prostitution is illegal in mainland China. The government of China has vacillated, however, in its legal treatment of prostitutes, treating them sometimes as criminals and sometimes as behaving with misconduct. Since the reemergence of prostitution in the 1980s, government authorities have responded by first using the legal system, that is, the daily operations of courts and police. Second, they have relied on police-led campaigns, clearly delineated periods of intense public activity, as a form of social discipline. Despite lobbying by international non-governmental organizations (NGOs) and overseas commentators, there is not much support for legalisation of the sex sector by the public, social organizations or the government of the People's Republic of China (PRC).
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