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I'm pretty sure it's the Beijing Lu / Shaanxi Lu place that was trashed. I went to visit in late April. There was no door, just a curtain, and smashed glass everywhere. I pulled aside the curtain and...

I have no great desire to be the bearer of bad news, but I hear another Beijing crackdown is impending. We all know the Communist party's 18th Congress is coming (probably October, date yet to be...

At the risk of being a complete pedant (always one of my failings) , I must point out that the characters for "modi" precisely mean "motorcycle taxi", in abbreviated form."mo" is the first character...

I would suggest the big place at no. 14 East Chang'an Jie; it's definitely a 24 hour operation, and I'm sure you'll feel right at home there. Sexy uniforms, too, if you like that sort of thing.

I agree. This is not, unfortunately, not the best moment for trying the sauna scene in Beijing. The on again, off again crackdown that's been around since April 2010 is back on again, rather putting...

It seems another crackdown is on in Beijing, at least on saunas. I don't know if it's affecting BBS as well; presumably places like Maggies will remain unaffected. So if you visit a sauna over the...

Assuming we are talking about the same Sissy / Ci Ci (ie, more than just a "tad" on the chubby side; when she takes her gear off it all hangs out, shall we say) , I'd be prepared to bet she's what...

That's a bit odd. I wasn't there yesterday, but I happen to know the place has been operating normally over the October break, including, as far as I know, yesterday. Perhaps, as you say, it was the...

I have to be honest and claim no credit for finding this place. If you go back far enough on the thread, you'll find it was Laobaixing who mentioned the place first. I was just following his...

I finally made the trek out to Yanjiao last Friday to check out Roman Holiday (ÂÞÂí¼ÙÈÕ). Was it worth it? Yes, as an experience, but the time and effort involved getting there and back is a...

If you entered the hutong from Andingmennei Dajie you must have walked right past the place. It's on the left as you walk towards the Hebei Hotel. If you reach the Hebei Hotel you've gone way too...

As it happens, I was in Xi'an over the weekend and tried this place. You go downstairs and into a small reception area, change shoes and get a tag. It's a sauna without a real sauna area (at least...

Sorry, I was offline for a few days. Anyway, you don't appear to have PM access. Things are a bit more relaxed in Beijing now, but, even so, I'd still prefer not to be too specific with the names and...

Yes, I thought it was a bit strange, too. I neglected to ask her what happened if a bunch of guys showed up all wanting FS (I don't think Chinese men would be in to a group thing, even if the...

I made my way there this afternoon. Thanks Laobaixing for the recommendation. It's a nice enough place and, yes, the staff are friendly. The showers in the sauna room with the sensor system were...

Thanks for the helpful report. A Beijing sauna with FS for 600; sounds pretty reasonable to me (even if you were being overcharged)! Did you get the sense the place is reasonably laowai-friendly?

I spent a very pleasant couple of nights in Chengdu this week with a girl from a sauna often mentioned on this site (perhaps best not to name it during this period). She confirmed that the crackdown...

I haven't been to Qingdao for ages, but was pleased to discover when I went this week that the sauna usually reported here as "Sanna" up on Fuzhou Beilu is in its usual fine form. And it's still good...

I heard yesterday from a girl at Lotus Jewel that she (and I guess most of the other girls) had been given a "vacation" by the establishment for the time being, because of a crackdown. Not sure if...

Fair question. But not all of us stay in hotels. I live in Beijing, and am not in a position to bring young ladies back to my apartment.

Also, there is a certain charm to the sauna experience. I...

The Beijing sauna scene was hit badly during the crackdown last year. The crackdown started in Beijing, was most severe here, and went on for longer than in other places. In a way, it's not entirely...

I hear (through SMS) from a sauna girl in Chengdu that there's a another crackdown going on there? Any mongers there in town who can confirm?

Ah, yes, no doubt you're right, but I haven't been able to invent an opportunity to get to Dongguan. One day, perhaps.

If anyone's looking for Jinan info, I've posted a couple of reports in the East China Other Areas thread.

I've stayed twice at the Sofitel in Jinan. The first time, last year, I tried the sauna in the hotel. I wouldn't normally bother with a sauna in a flash hotel, but I'd seen an earlier report that...