Posted on 06/14/2008 3:53:35 PM PDT by Coffee200am
By ALISA TANG, Associated Press Writer A string of lights spells out the name of the bar in the back of the basement in capital letters, PARADISE. A dozen Chinese women in skintight miniskirts and halter tops flit around clusters of beefy Western men and flirt in broken English.
Now and then, a man and woman climb the stairs to the upper reaches of the house, where Paradise does its real business.
Paradise is a brothel in an unmarked residential compound in an upscale Kabul neighborhood where prostitutes from China cater to Western men. Since the U.S.-led invasion in 2001, thousands of Westerners working for security firms, companies and aid groups have poured into Afghanistan. Not long after came Chinese prostitutes, in some cases trafficked into the country.
The International Organization for Migration helped 96 Chinese women who were deported in 2006. They told IOM they were deceived by a travel agency in China and promised employment in a restaurant for $300 a month. But when they arrived, they said, the Chinese restaurant owner denied them salary and forced them to provide sexual services by night.
An IOM staffer said one Chinese woman thought she was going to work in Dubai, United Arab Emirates, and had no idea she had instead landed in Kabul.
Afghan officials deny these claims.
Me love you long time?
My God! China IS on the way to becoming the largest global trader.
When its cheaper to import sex workers, than sell home-grown products, there is a balance of payments problem on the horizon.
Doing jobs Afghanies won’t do—if the market doesn’t go sideways!
Boob-boom long time - no beaucoup...
But, are they defective?
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And exactly what line of work did she think she was going to find in Dubai?
Is Bill Clinton in that car?
‘Me be unleaded Joe’
No. Hildabeast is.
OR
Your choice.
The Muslims would have flipped out over Muslim women “servicing” infidels. This way, it keeps the lid on things
I bet you’d get lead poisoning from them. puns intended.
Looks “positively” ... skinny.
Lots of risks. Find a good woman. Treat her right, and stay with her.
Much better option.
Oh never mind
And exactly what line of work did she think she was going to find in Dubai?
It’s really sad and it happens often to impoverished young women desperate to find better circumstances. Imagine that $75 a week sounds like so much money you’d be willing to move to a foreign country to work. They probably have dreams of earning a living, supporting family, meeting a nice young man and having a family and a better standard of living, by going elsewhere and working in a factory or restaurant for a few years. Instead, they’re taken to a brothel, sans passport, ID or money and no way to escape. It’s a life of abuse and neglect.
These young women are someone’s daughter, someone’s sister, maybe someone’s mom. It’s heartbreaking.
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