AIDS kisilining saghlam bolmighan jinsi munasiwet arqiliq
tarqaydighanlighi hemmimizge melum, hem Junggodiki jumlidin Uyghur
ilidiki AIDS kisilining tarqash ehwali kunsayin eghirlishiwatqanlighi
koz yumghili bolmaydighan bir heqiqet.

Towendiki maqalida hazir Junggodiki paghishliq bilen
shughullanghuchilarning molcherdiki sanining eng towen bolghanda 4~6
miliyun ikenligi, eng kop bolghanda 20 miliyungha yetkenligi, yeni
texminen her 65~70 Junggoluq ichide bir ademning pahishliq bilen
shughullindighanliqi dokilat qilinghan.

Bu sanliq melumatlardin Junggodiki jumlidin Uyghur ilidiki AIDS
kisilining bundin kiyinki tarqash ehwalining yenimu eghir
bolidighanliqini qiyas qilish qiyin emes.

Demography of HIV/AIDS in China

A Report of the Task Force on HIV/AIDS Center for Strategic and
International Studies

Authors: Bates Gill, Yanzhong Huang, Xiaoqing Lu

Commercial Sex Workers in China

Background

After 1949, the new regime in China closed all brothels and
rehabilitated prostitutes through reeducation and reemployment
programs. However, the sex trade had never fully disappeared and
started to reemerge in full force after the 1980s. The dramatic
changes in attitudes and behavior toward sex, in conjunction with
growing consumerism and relaxed state control, have contributed to
the resurgence of the commercial sex industry.

Although prostitution, like drug use, is illegal in China, commercial
sex work is openly visible in many urban and rural areas. Sex workers
are visible in expensive hotels in the wealthiest cities and at
roadside rest stops for truck drivers along many rural roads. In
smaller prefectural capitals, brothels and other "entertainment
centers" are common, as in the major urban areas. Commercial sex
workers come from urban as well as rural areas, and both males and
females engage in transactional sex, though females are more visible
and in greater numbers. Commercial sex work is dominated by migrants
who engage in the practice away from their homes or neighborhoods,
engage in the work for a short period, and are considered highly
mobile with few ties to the community.

While there is no official report or estimation of the number of sex
workers in China, one unofficial and often-cited estimate places the
number of prostitutes at 4 to 6 million. The actual number may be
much higher and has been estimated to be as much 20 million. Based on
a survey conducted by a team of American and Chinese researchers, the
cumulative total of women who had been sex workers since 1990 was in
the range of 1,767,000 to 5,891,000. The prominent return of
commercial sex work reflects changing economic and social conditions
in China. Many rural women have low levels of education but are
compelled to find employment to support their families. Likewise,
women are more likely to be laid off from state-owned enterprises and
often have few alternatives for gainful employment. Rising incomes
and increased mobility are also factors that increase demand for
commercial sex, as more and more "mobile men with money" have free
time and the income to purchase sex. Lastly, in stark contrast to pre-
1979 China, people's attitudes toward sex have changed, and
premarital and extramarital sex is increasingly common.