Warning: This story contains graphic images.
Recently, new changes have taken place in China's shared economy. as a new application, its logo is a yellow banana, which temporarily brings a rental to Chinese mobile phones.
This app called Ta Qu is similar to the English word "Touch" where users can rent a life
Large Dolls of various models, $45 per day-
Deposit of $1,200
Operators assure users that they will be cleaned between rents.
But the Ta Qu reached its climax too soon, and soon after the story went viral on the Chinese Internet, authorities shut it down.
But they are just the tip of the iceberg in the huge and growing sex doll market in Chinese society as China faces an increasing shortage of women.
Thanks to a long
China's cultural preference for its son, coupled with more than 30 years of restrictive population planning policies, is expected to have more than 30 million surplus labor force in China by 2030.
This preference for boys has slowly diminished, especially in cities, but the country still faces a serious gap over the next few decades.
To help alleviate the problem and other demographic problems, Beijing announced on 2015 that it is nationwide.
But the sexual relations of this generation have been compromised.
Chinese authorities can't mess up a Canadian.
The large population of women is the wife, mother and caregiver in urgent need in the country at present.
This has led to countries looking for solutions that are never possible-
Proposal to revive his wifesharing —
It is difficult to say, such as the increase in sexual transactions.
This has also led to a sharp rise in the popularity of lonely men's sexual toys.
Although there is no reliable industry-wide data, sales of sex toys on online platforms such as Alibaba and Taobao have increased by an average of 50% --on-
According to a report by the Global Times, the past five years have been one year.
Lifestyle news site live China reported Singles Day last year --
The biggest online shopping activity in China
Sales of sex toys surged, with one seller unloading 500 units, selling on average once a minute.
It is reported that more than 65% of the sex toys sold online are for men between the ages of 18 and 29.
On 2013, when I visited a sex products factory in Dongguan, South China, I did not expect the explosion.
I am working on my book about the consequences of this book
Child policy and curious about the absence of women across the country that could lead to the situation.
But I'm more intuitive than positive that the need for sex dolls will escalate.
Even the company I introduced, Hitdoll, has tapped their business model in a mix of domestic and global sales.
He is not sure that China's booming bachelor market will be their best customer base, saying, "30-year-
Single old people usually don't spend money on dolls.
They can find real women.
That is to say, the use of sex toys
Not a doll though.
China has normalized, in a way not the West, which is partly driven by the large number of immigrant populations separated from their families, most of them men.
From my report, I know that the shopping areas they often visit sell products such as artificial vagina.
The social stigma of this idea seems to be less than in the West, judging from the degree of prominence they show in the ubiquitous corner sex store and the public discussion of the advantages and disadvantages of different devices for men
Online forums dominate.
In addition to demographics, China has demonstrated the manufacturing capacity to reduce prices and bring sex dolls from niche markets to the mainstream market, a combustible combination.
With this in mind, I went to Dongguan in 2013, the heart of the manufacturing belt in southern China.
Wearing a leather jacket and jeans, he was in his early 50 s, an amiable man who met me in his workshop.
His company used to produce office furniture for export, but rising labor costs led to lower profits, so they began to look around for new products.
Manufacturer Vincent He showed the features of his sex toys at the Dongguan factory during the 2013 visit. (
Mei Fang of foreign policy)
The workshop was small and produced about 10-
12 customizable lives
Size model in coffin
Like crates every month.
Lying in a chair wearing an exposed buxom model;
Some people, like Milo Venus, have lost their limbs.
He and his staff took me to the hotel with one thing. of-
In fact, the air, the cupping of rubber milk heads and the use of more Mulberry foam to separate the silicone thighs as they are still doing office chairs. “The nipples —
They are very tough, "he said, tugging hard.
He said, "normal people can never afford this kind of treatment.
At this point, all the big companies
High-end dolls are overseas.
China is known for cheaper strikes
Dolls that can be easily transported.
Leading companies like California
Abyss Creations-based products are crafted with customizable models that enable limited voice and body warmth for about $8,000 to $10,000.
Time is up-
The traditional Chinese manufacturing industry wants to replicate this with fewer features and lower price points.
For three years, Hitdoll has tested different prototypes at a test facility in the university district of Guangzhou.
They use college students as testers and advertise with flyers that say "fake dolls, true love" and the like.
To my surprise, these testers formed a group to meet regularly to eat and sing karaoke.
They even have a name, the Kawaii Club.
Use the cute word in Japanese, especially for young women.
Feng Wenguang, who studied at Guangdong University of Technology, is one of them.
His description of his experience sounds like an abnormal description of the blonde girl and the Three Bears.
Earlier, members of the Kawaii Club complained that the prototype was too stiff, too cold, and too unreal. (
His manager remembers the feedback: "Your doll is too cold, like a dead body. ”)
Manufacturers of Hitdoll try to use materials (
Silicone and TPE or thermoplastic rubber found in the bottle
Cover liner and dental guard)breast size (C to EE)hair (
Artificial synthesis, animal, human)and ethnicity (
Africa, Asia, Caucasus).
Feng has never seen himself as part of a Hitdoll audience.
Feng, 24, thinks it's all an interesting experiment.
He never saw himself as part of the Hitdoll audience.
He and other Kawaii Club members are sure they can "find a real woman ".
Aren't they worried about hygiene?
Vincent, he showed me the disposable rubber vagina they used.
He said that every Kawaii member must keep them after the trial.
This is a real benefit, he assured me: this stuff usually retails for about $15.
All in all, before Hitdoll developed a model worth showing at the Guangzhou Cultural Festival, the Kawaii Club soldiers had completed 100 prototypes.
Most of the reporting tours were not found in my book.
First of all, I am concerned that a large part of this is speculative.
No one knows exactly how the gender gap in China will develop in the long run, and I don't want to exaggerate the importance of what might be a small issue
Trying to solve a big problem.
The head of the sex products made by the HitDoll factory in Dongguan, on 2013 (
Mei Fang of foreign policy)
Especially in the ears of Westerners, it sounds incredible.
A sex doll manufacturer called "He" pronounced "she "?
His studio is in the university district of Guangzhou. the Chinese name is long dong? (
I still remember that after spelling it out, I firmly pressed the "delete" button on my computer. )
In retrospect, given the current gender chaos in China, my visit to Dongguan is of great significance.
The city, the manufacturing hub of southern China, embodies a distorted gender relationship: it is driven by female factory workers but ruled by men.
At its peak, visiting male executives spent months away from their wives,
Working in many karaoke bars, clubs and brothels, Dongguan is known as the "Amsterdam Dandong Department ".
Like Silicon Valley, Dongguan's existence has benefited from globalization and expansion, but it is full of deep-rooted gender discrimination.
Maybe there is no more suitable place than the tools to bring China's gender war into the next stage.
Shortly after my visit, the government launched a massive crackdown on prostitution in Dongguan, turning the infamous Red into red.
Light City a "dark pink.
"This crackdown, which began on Valentine's Day, has proved so devastating that it is estimated to have lost $8 billion in revenue, about 1-
According to Lin Jiang, a finance professor at Sun Yat-sen University, one in ten of the city's total revenuesen University.
Dongguan has not recovered completely.
An airline serving as a holy land for prostitution in China.
But as real women's deals begin to decline, the fake women market in China is starting to take off.
The increasing use of sex dolls, of course, has also raised concerns.
Both at home and abroad
As to whether this will make real women objective in terms of sex and encourage the Western world --
Such as the increase in violence
Online "male rights activists" have long believed that the widespread use of sex dolls will deprive women of so-called power over men.
Some supporters of sex dolls even believe that this could actually reduce the culture of rape and the need for sex trade.
The latter view has attracted real attention in China. S.
The US State Department has put one of the most serious criminals on the list this year.
It is not clear how many women have been trafficked from neighbouring countries to China, but this figure is certainly on the rise as young women do not enter the marriage market, especially in rural areas.
It is estimated that 4,500 women were trafficked in Vietnam alone during 2011
£ 2015, of which £ 70% was brought to China, and the income of Vietnamese "Brides" was about $18,500.
Of course, these views have been echoed in other parts of the world, where the use of sex robots is becoming more and more popular, including even opening a sex doll brothel in Spain.
But in Jiangxi, like Japan, it seems like a whimsical desire to look fast, where the ratio of men to women is 138 and that of women is 100. (
The global average for men and women was 105 per cent and 100 per cent for women. )
Sex toys exhibited at 2016 Shanghai International adult toys and reproductive health exhibition held in Shanghai on April 14, 2016. (
AFP/Getty Images)
The gender gap in China has led to an increase in violent crime, with Chinese bachelors showing a lower self
The rate of respect, depression and aggression is higher.
The achievements of a well-educated female workforce have sparked nostalgia for the past, including the growing popularity of lectures promoting obedient women.
In my book, I describe a workshop like this where Ding Xuan, a lecturer, says strong women are more prone to cancer
Because "God is helping you because you don't want to be a woman anymore.
Linda picwood, who studies the image of women in Chinese art, said the dolls "are extreme performances of women as fantasy objects and can be borrowed by some men.
She added, "These are very harmful ideas that I think will leak out of sex toys --
In a wider culture, services are shared and places where women are viewed in these ways are strengthened.
"As sex toys become more popular, the controversy is bound to intensify --and lifelike.
Hitdoll's rival Dalian-
Based on DS Doll and new 2015 J-
Suntech has introduced models that can be programmed for limited voice and action through smartphone applications. (
Model on Ta Qu modeling doll-
The shared app can be programmed to make a moaning sound. )
Ironically, but as the model becomes more realistic, the argument that sex dolls are dehumanized will only strengthen.
From "Wonder Woman" to "Hong Kong students", Ta Qu promises a variety of fantasy women.
"But they all have the same, unnatural faces that fall directly into the incredible Valley between man and machine.
However, more authentic dolls may blur the boundaries between real women and sex objects.
Many Chinese robots are targeting "realistic" women --
Manufacturers, even if most of them do not do this directly
For sexual purposes
Jia, developed by China University of Science and Technology in Hefei, was able to interview Wired writer Kevin Kelly on stilts.
A former Huawei computer engineer who created a robot found him "married" in 2016.
Having had enough to be teased about his single identity, Zheng Jiajia held a false wedding ceremony with robot Yingying, vowing to finally upgrade the robot before the robot can walk and do housework.
Still, a country that desperately raises the birth rate and keeps the economy in turmoil could face even greater problems.
As Pittwood points out, "One thing that sex dolls can't offer is: baby.