Notes from Central Taiwan: Should Taiwan greenlight red light districts? RED LIGHT DISTRICTS OF THE PASTIt is regrettable that this opportunity to test the idea has been ignored. Yet, red light districts have a long history in Taiwan, which may offer illumination. An interesting paper by Sammonji Masaya observes that after Taiwan became Japanese, numerous Japanese sex workers made the journey to Taiwan. Males could solicit sex workers without fear of the law, because only the sex workers were breaking the law.

Source: Taipei Times April 11, 2022 03:28 UTC