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The power of sex in a rising power

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China is to have its first-ever sex theme park, to be called “Love Land”.  For a traditional country, the development seems quite radical.  The purpose of the park, located in Chongquing province, is to educate people about sex.  The park’s manager explains:

“We are building the park for the good of the public… to help adults enjoy a harmonious sex life”

Harmony aside, the plans have drawn a great deal of controversy, as expected.  They have also earned a great deal of attention in the media.

Although the park’s planners are getting a rise out of many critics and proponents, Love Land could also be viewed from a “rising powers” standpoint.  The park is yet another example of China’s continuing effort at casting itself in a quickly developing, progressive vein.

 

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Christopher Herbert

Christopher Herbert is an analyst of foreign affairs with specific expertise in US foreign policy, the Middle East and Asia. He is Director of Research for the Denver Research Group, has written for the Washington Post’s PostGlobal and Global Power Barometer and has served on projects for the United States Pacific Command and the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency. He has degrees from Yale University and Harvard University in Middle Eastern history and politics and speaks English, French, Arabic and Italian.

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US Foreign Policy; Middle East; Asia.

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