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7 Sep, 8 tweets, 5 min read
During Vietnam War, Times Magazine had a “Chrismas in Vietnam” special to promote US troops sex tourism around Asia on Dec 22, 1967

The photo in Taiwan exposed how KMT created sex tourism industry catering to GIs. 200,000 GI visited Taiwan frm 1965-1970.
Japanese Colonial authorities on Taiwan started the women attended bath in Peitou hot spring. After Imperial Japanese Army left Taiwan, KMT used Peitou hot spring sex industry to cater to US troops.
Chiang Kai-shek esp ordered regulation on taxi, hotel and sex workers health check to cater to US GI because GI spend abt $200 per visit. Taiwan earned total abt 10 billion Taiwan dollars during Vietnam War. This part of Taiwan economic takeoff rarely discussed
Times Magazine “Christmas in Vietnam” special described Taipei as offering little in terms of cultural site other than Chinese arts in Palace Musuem but appealed to US troops because the “compliance of its girls and excellence of its food”
The US soldier Allen Charles Bailey was apparently killed in Vietnam at age 20, 1 year before his photo w 2 girls in Taiwan hot spring got published in Times Magazine Dec 22nd, 1967 issue.

Click on “View All PHOTOS(4)” 👉🏼vvmf.org/Wall-of-Faces/…
Times Magazine "Christmas in Viet Nam" special on US military R&R aka sex tourism in East Asia frm Dec 22, 1967 can be found in Times Vault: time.com/vault/issue/19…
Vietnam War Era official US military R&R brochure for Taiwan:
"Do not purchase the company of a girl for more than 24hrs at a time. they seldom look as good in the morning"
Times Magazine "Christmas in Viet Nam" Dec 22, 1967
time.com/vault/issue/19…
US troops stationed on Taiwan and Vietnam War era GIs on R&R left 1,000 Ameriasian children behind on Tawan twreporter.org/a/amerasian-fi…

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