Taiwan turns military brothel into museum

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AFP, Dec. 4, 2010.
http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20101205/od_afp/taiwanchinapoliticsmilitarybrotheloffbeat_20101205035809
("At the height of the Cold War in Asia, about 100,000 Taiwanese soldiers
were stationed on Kinmen, with 11 officially sanctioned brothels catering
for their needs")

My comment:
(a) Special Tea House Museum 特約茶室展示館 (the brothel used to be called
特約茶室.
(b) Military brothels were boarded up after then Legislator 立法委員 Chen
Shui-bian fought against them.
(c) Two Chinese-language reports:

倪國炎, 金門八三一特約茶室開放參觀. Central News Agency, Nov. 12, 2010.
http://www.cna.com.tw/ShowNews/Detail.aspx?pNewsID=201011120133&pType0=aLOC&pTypeSel=0

李木隆, 撫慰過無數寂寞心靈 金門831揭秘. United Daily News, Nov. 13, 2010.
http://udn.com/NEWS/NATIONAL/NAT5/5971545.shtml

Why 831? It is unclear (I googled and could not find an answer).

(d) See, people in Taiwan to this day have not condemned the practice as
they should.

No doubt, we Taiwanese are not in a position to judge Japan's 慰安婦 system.


----------------------Separately
When should he impart sensitive information? Dear Margo, Nov. 23, 2010.
http://www.boston.com/lifestyle/relationships/articles/2010/11/23/dear_margo_when_should_he_impart_sensitive_information/

Note: The titlle of the same article in Dear Margo's own website is "down
but not Out."



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