Wednesday, 30. October 2002

In a nutshell, sex sells in Taiwan


A young woman wearing little more than her underwear and lurid makeup sits in a glass booth waiting for customers. What's for sale here?

It's not her body. It's just betelnut, the mildly narcotic seed from the fruit of the betel pepper which trucker drivers and labourers use to help them stay awake.

¬> <a href="reuters.co.uk"target="_blank">Reuters

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