BEIJING – An orgy involving 400 Japanese tourists and 500 Chinese prostitutes is said to have caused much anger between the two countries.
The incident is said to have taken place at the five-star International Convention Centre Hotel in Zhuhai, in the southern province of Guangdong.

The Daily Telegraph quoting the Beijing Youth Daily says the nightclub manager provided girls for the tourists’ entertainment.

Prostitution is technically illegal in China but it has become a growth industry.

However, the scale and the involvement of the Japanese is said to have inflamed feelings between the two countries.

The three-day visit ended on September 18, the anniversary of the Japanese invasion of China in 1931.

According to reports, the group’s visit was arranged by the hotel’s marketing department. When one local asked a Japanese man why he was there, he was told: “We came to play with Chinese girls.”

The incident has been viewed as a calculated insult, even though the hotel said arranged prostitution was common. The hotel was closed yesterday while police investigated.

Posted by Wayne C. Lewis