No wonder prostitution is so rampant in China, I mused as I watched the four girls watch us: why stand on your feet all day for slave wages when you can get rich on your back?

Tom Carter
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In China, the country with the highest number of prostitutes, many prostitutes are young women who have been sold into a life of prostitution by their families. In a country where a girl can be married off to a man she doesn’t even know at 14, many young women are enticed by the promise of easy money.

Source: Unsavory Elements: Stories Of Foreigners On The Loose In China

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