State-run People's Daily Online reported on Sep 28, 2010:
Hundreds of gay men have been rounded up and taken away in an ongoing police operation at Mudanyuan in Haidian district, Beijing.
"You can't imagine how deeply over 200 of us were wounded by this experience," one of the arrested gay men told the Global Times Monday on condition of anonymity.
He refused to discuss details of his treatment by the police.
They were taken to the Huayuanlu police station, revealed an online post on a website popular with Mudanyuan visitors. "They were required to show their identity cards, take a blood test, have their photo taken and leave their fingerprints."
The campaign was just part of the typical annual citywide public security inspection ahead of the National Day holiday, said Beijing Public Security Bureau spokesman Zi Xiangdong.
He did not elaborate what regulations had been violated by the seized men.
Officers and riot police descended on Mudanyuan, a forested area in northern Beijing that is the capital's largest gay pick-up spot, late Sunday and Monday, said Guo Ziyang, a project manager at the Beijing Gay Working Group.
"According to those who were there, riot and normal police detained more than 80 people on Sunday, made them register and took photos, and then they let them go," Guo, whose organisation campaigns for gay rights, told AFP.
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point is, sex in public isn't something to defend, especially in those cruising areas where there might be drunk guys who don't use protection. it's unsafe and unreasonable to require it to be ok for anyone to do it in public. sex is personal, keep it in your rooms people! haha.
As for those who might have been arrested even though they weren't doing anything, I'd say that that IS unfortunate, but in China, you have to realise the Chinese take a rather absolute view on certain situations. Best thing is just not to put yourself in that position. If you know Mudanyuan is a cruising site, then don't go there to chat with someone, haha, just go somewhere else. Get clued up on China guys, the Chinese see a lot of stuff as black and white, and that's how this kind of thing can happen. It's a cruising area and you were there, so, you were cruising. At the moment that's kind of how they still deal.
I think guys in Beijing just need to take a bit more care, don't go hanging out in those parks, mudanyuan and dongdan. The Chinese police are cracking down on all sorts of places at the moment, both straight and gay. This is not a sexuality thing, they see it as a public order thing.
Well, gays should watch their own pride and dignity, when they should show themselves in public and how they make their appearances. Showing themselves in large group of community is always a risky way, especially in China. Whilst most people are still conservative and are gays discriminator. We wouldn't know what's gonna happen next.
Are these people who hang out in Mudanyuan has nothing better to do? Aren't they need to work the next day after Sunday? Yeah, i do agree with you guys (comment posters), sex.
Go get a room and find them on the internet! Can't find one? You've got both hands attached! Oh well, all i can say is good luck for those who got detained and unfortunate for them.
Furthermore, if what is "public?" Sure, being in plain sight is public, but if you have to really search for someone to see them, then it is not public, as we decided in some American cities.
This and other countries still operate on the process of homophobia first, humanity last...
The Chinese government can go fuck themselves!
Chinese police even took down the straight clubs who deal with drug and sexual business in the club. Those clubs even get supporting from some Chinese governers, but police still took it down. Therefore, at moment police is not only aiming at gay community, but also aiming at any sexual related behavious in the public place. Everyone need to behave yourself especially in the public place. Build positive gay image for the public.
It has happened in other countries, which now have changed their policies to protect gay men in public places.
The arrested men have my support, they did nothing wrong and harmed no one in my view...even if some of them did have sex.
im so thankful to live in Canada where we have full acceptance!
The police still raid clubs - straight ones - when they suspect drug trafficking. Maybe this was the case?
I love the hunky Beijing cops. Really manly and strong and muscles galore. I wouldn't mind getting arrested in Beijing by some of them. They keep the parks safe for straight and gay families alike.
Anyway, Shanghai Pride is coming up but the Shanghai cops are kinda too prissy and old uncles for my taste. But once I had a small fire in my villa and some really hunky young Chinese firemen came and helped put it out. They were glorious. A couple of weeks ago another hunky Chinese life guard jumped in the pool to save my daughter who fell in the deep end. Wow, some many gay heroes these days flying under the radar. Gay cops, firemen and life guards are the new super heroes.
Finally, sex in parks is tacky and stupid and lewd. I say hire a few more good gay hunky cops to patrol and clean up the neighborhoods and parks.
Finally, finally the most family friendly restaurant in Shanghai is gay owned (the Blue Frog) and its a haven for stressed out parents. Great play area for kids and great drinks and a good environment for all.
#1 just stay in your closet so no one ever see or hear you being gay, fine with us. Your biggest self hating self loathing individual *EVER* #3, #18 no one said SEX was happening, read it again. Its a PICK UP spot, not sex spot. No where in article, no police report said a word about public sex. That is YOUR presumption
For me, the best way to show I disagree with their draconian ways is just never to visit China. Until they change their ways on suppression of freedom of speech, oppression of their people and fear mongering they will always be a third world country just like North Korea or Mynamar or other neighboring SE Asian countries.
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