China FHM: I thought you could only find Chinese productions this hot on emule!

I recently discovered the site chinaSMACK and found myself totally distracted by some rather racy pics.

It turns out the Chinese version of FHM, 男人装, is stirring up a bit of controversy with its sexy shoots. Seeing as how there’s over a billion people in China, it’s difficult to contend that the Chinese don’t get jiggy with it. Nevertheless, following economic reform and liberalization in 1978, China seemed to be slow on the sexual liberation front. We may perhaps be witnessing the lead-in to 改革开放 v. 2.0, “opening and reform: China floods the world markets with hawtness”.

Could the world’s porn industry withstand such an onslaught? I think Japan’s adult market would be seriously threatened by this…  I can just imagine the numbers of economists, consultants, and bankers who would jump at the chance to do the research to make projections based on the potential of the Chinese market ^^

I would suggest the best angle for FHM to take, should Hu and the rest of the government decide for a moral push at some point, is to maintain that this magazine is merely promoting “Socialism with Chinese Characteristics” and abides by the regime’s principle of “harmony”.