According to the Want China Times more than half of the world’s adult toys are manufactured in China. This doesn’t come as much of a surprise since China pretty much makes everything from iPhones to sneakers. A more interesting fact, however, is that they also consume 70 percent of them.
The Chinese bought 100 million yuan worth of sex toys in 2014. This works out to be $15.9 million and is a huge chunk of change for a country where the average salary is approximately $14,000 annually. The most popular products were sex toys, massage oils and lingerie. A survey found that while most of the products were purchased by men, they were mostly used by women, confirming that if China celebrated Christmas they would make the best secret Santas.
Sex dolls were also a popular choice, with one factory in eastern China making an average of 800 dolls per day, and selling 70,000 a year. Most of these dolls were sold in major cities in the southern region of the country while others were exported to South Korea, Japan and Turkey. Coincidentally, “Chinese Sex Doll” is the name of my new prog rock band.
China is a rapidly becoming a center of commerce for the global economy, but for every billionaire Chinese businessman there are a couple thousand rural farmers living on 200 dollars a month. Communism isn’t what it used to be and that’s good. China has done very well after adopting a more capitalist approach to their economy.
For some odd reason, I think selling millions of dollars’ worth of sex toys is a step in the right direction for China. Everyone loves sex, and whatever bits and pieces you can assemble to make it better is the icing on the hot, sticky cake. If anyone can make an affordable sex novelty that would be accessible to everyone – it is China.
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