In Cracks between Two Worlds Page #3

								

              I still remember when I was in elementary school in Beijing, there was a story in the official textbook. A woman was raped by one of the Western invaders. The woman threw herself into a well and drown herself to death in shame. That story happened in the Qing Dynasty, and the people of the Middle Kingdom highly praised this lady for defending her chastity by committing suicide.
              Can I really blame my classmates in China for being too old-fashioned? I know that there are early Brook Shields movies on Amazon and Netflix. The 1978 film "Pretty Baby" was made when she was only 12 years old. In the film, she played a 12-year-old child prostitute. Many scenes of the film are nude. Isn't this child pornography? Even if the Supreme Court Justice said "I only know it when I see it",  the viewers are innocent before they see it. However, no matter how artistic and innovative it may be, no matter how many good reviews given by major film critics, I cannot see or accept it. So, am I  corny as hell too? Just on a different level. What is puzzling me is that in conservative China, before the government's cleanups in recent years, there was a huge group of prostitutes, probably more than any other countries on the planet. In today's New York Chinatown, there are still as many sex workers from China as there are Chinese restaurants. I don't know how to explain this contradiction.
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