Home Business China International Culture��Edu Sci��Tech Sports Life Travel P hotos ��Search China Observer �� New Occupations Expand in China �� Should foreigners be allowed to join China's civil service? �� Environmental protection at a crucial moment Photos �� Valentine's Day falls today �� Global notebook computer sales exceeded 48 million in 2004 �� Color light and ice light show in Daxing'an Range ��Home>>Culture��Edu China shuts down 10,000 Internet bars www.chinanews.cn 2005-02-14 20:33:52 (Source��Xinhuanet) At the beginning of January, a new outlet for sex education -sex bar - emerged in Shenzhen. This sex bar, located in the Shenzhen Family Planning Service Center, tries to combine sex education with social tea tasting. In the sex bar, the paintings of Picasso, Dali and Delvaux are displayed on the wall. In the bar Customers can borrow books related to sex . The bar also has Internet connection and it provides addresses of web site on sexual health. The government has been working hard to create a safer environment for young people in China by shutting down illegally operated businesses in 2004. The government closed 12,575 Internet bars, 2,861 dance clubs, 3,434 video halls and 131,481 snack counters. From October to December in 2004, eight ministries including the Ministry of Education, Ministry of Public Security and the Ministry of Justice, launched a nationwide campaign to close these illegal businesses, which were mainly located nearby primary schools and middle schools. According to the ministries, Chinese parents had complained that the businesses had "severely affected students' cultural lives." During the time, public security organs at all levels also cracked 5,926 criminal cases relating to the safety of students and teachers and made more than 200,000 arrests. ��Special bars in Xi'an (2005-01-17) ��Sex-themed bar to open in Nanjing (2005-02-12) ��Sex advice on menu at Shenzhen cafe bar (2005-01-11) ��China's first ��sex bar�� (2005-01-06) E-mail: zhangqinghua@chinanews.com.cn Tel: 8610-88387443 Fax: 8610-68327649 Copyright� 2004 Chinanews.com. All rights reserved. Reproduction in whole or in part without permission is prohibited. Disclaimer: viewpoints in the website do not represent China News Service Learn Chinese, Chinese language