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DESCRIPTION:In 2021\, IOM estimated 6.3 million people were sex trafficked 
 globally. Since Covid-19 the number of sex trafficking victims has increas
 ed\, exacerbated by economic\, technological\, and political transformatio
 ns\, After Russia’s invasion of Ukraine\, thousands of Ukrainian women f
 leeing westward ended up trafficked as far east as Shanghai— tragically 
 reflecting the fates of the 22% of White Russian emigre women a hundred ye
 ars ago. \n\nThis paper seeks to analyze race and gender relations through
  the sex industry in the multi-ethnic city of Shanghai during the 1930s. I
  seek to broadly summarize the ethnic/ racial\, gender\, and class dynamic
 s of the sex industry— from Sikh security guards to Japanese investors. 
 However\, I will focus on two triangular relationships: 1.) Foreign outsid
 ers\, Foreign prostitutes (specifically White Russian and Japanese)\, and 
 Chinese clients. 2.) Chinese outsiders\, Chinese prostitutes\, and Foreign
  clients. I will assess reactions through the lens of imperialism and nati
 onalism respectively\, supported by administrative policies and first hand
  sources. I will conclude this paper by mapping these trends and sentiment
 s against the modern sex trade in Shanghai.\n\nThis paper perfectly fits t
 he 2025 WHA conference’s theme of examining modern globalization from a 
 perspective critical of its interconnectivity through Asian voices. The se
 x trade is one of the most intimate lenses to examine dividing prejudices
 — from systematic racism to fetishization— due to its controversialnes
 s. This is the same reason there has been little academic engagement until
  the past three decades— especially from non-Eurocentric perspectives.
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LOCATION:Room 403 PC Desk (Seats 30)
SUMMARY:"The Whore of Asia": Analyzing Race Relations through Prostitution 
 in Shanghai during the Nanking Decade - Amanda Zhao
URL:https://pretalx.com/wha-annual-meeting-korea-2026/talk/9MVJJJ/
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