Mainland China (Shenzhen) safety questions
I recently relocated to mainland China for work. As I am here all alone, and the borders are closed, I have been exploring my options for quick and easy encounters (as my two recent newbie reports would indicate).
Having gotten the lay of the land in Shenzhen, if not all of mainland China, I have a few questions regarding safety. Keep in mind that I really do not want to lose my job here. I enjoy it quite a lot, and it would definitely cause me problems back home if I lost it.
- Adding WGs on WeChat: Is this a bad idea? I have two of them on there now - one spa girl (who I hope to eventually report on here, once it's safer and I have her permission) as well as a FL who seemingly took a liking to me. Any dos and don'ts regarding WeChat communication?
- I went to a spa the other day that offers pretty much everything short of FS, and they had me scan a health code and took a photograph of my passport at the reception. I figure that this is just because they're fronting as a legit massage place (and I technically did pay for a massage), but it's kind of nerve-wracking knowing that if they ever get busted, the Gong An will know that I have been there multiple times. This same spa also has a behind-the-counter card they show which clearly states that the massage includes a hand job (which, btw, is reeeeeally underselling what actually goes on, but that's a topic for another post).
- Security cameras: they're absolutely everywhere. It would be pretty trivial for the cops to just look at the area where they know all the pimps and prostitutes hang out and see who goes to visit them. I know that masks and glasses fool facial recognition pretty well, but they could literally just use the cameras to trace everyone back to their home/hotel and just go round them all up the next day. This worried me more the first time I punted here, as I was almost expecting the police to show up at my place of work the next week. It also worries me in situations where money changes hands on the street. I have no doubt that the police know exactly what I've been up to in Shenzhen, or could find out if they put a little effort into it. The question is, why don't they.
- Posts on this forum: so far, whenever I post anything, I've attempted to be ambiguous about the dates, and to avoid posting any details that could be used to identify me. The other reason I'm holding off on posting about the spa that I mentioned above is because there are currently relatively few foreigners in China, and I suspect that anyone with access to the list of people who checked into that spa could figure out who I was quite easily. Am I right to be somewhat paranoid in that regard?
And finally...
- Does your legal status in China affect your odds of getting busted? As in, for those of us who are foreigners with a work visa, are we more likely to get in trouble than someone who is here as a tourist? (not that there are any tourists right now) Does the nature of our work affect how likely we are to get in trouble? My second biggest worry after getting arrested is having the police contact my boss and tell him what I've been up to. | |
