This wandering punter landeded in Beijing a week ago. I was there on business for a week. I also had a colleague with me, who isn't open to the idea of punting. So, I wanted to have discreet fun.
I was staying at Kuntai Royal Hotel. It was a five star place and knowing that prostitution is illegal in China, I didn't expect to have much fun there. On my first night I called the in-house spa, asking if I could get a massage in my room. I didn't expect a favorable response, for the aforementioned reasons. But surprisingly they said I could. The charges for 45 minutes were 331 Yuan. Five minutes later, a pretty girl dressed in white came in. Most of the chinese have very little or no English, and she was no exception. Before she began, I asked her if she gave 'full service'. She didn't understand me, so I didn't push it and asked her to start the massage. She started working, and I started running my fingers up and down her bare legs. She would playfully slap my hand away, but not with too much vehemence and I took it as a good sign. She told me in her broken English that 45 minutes wasn't enough for a good massage and I should go for 90 minutes. As I was getting into the mood, I agreed. She then proceeded to touch me in the right places, without going where I wanted her to go to. When she thought I was ready for the final blow, she told me that she could give me a hand job for 800 Yuan! Now, a hundred dollar handjob isn't something I intend to buy, ever. Luckily, the massage hadn't exceeded 45 minutes yet, so I asked her to stop, paid her along with a nice tip and sent her on her way.
The next night, I decided to go through the yellow pages. And sure, there were quite a few ads for massage parlours who offered sex in veiled terms. Since I was always short of time, and wasn't familiar with the city either so I thought the better of going to a massage parlour and chose the ad of a masseuse who could visit hotels. I called her. She spoke good English, seemed quite friendly and told me she'd be with me soon. She came in about 45 minutes. She was tall and lean but not very good looking. Her English was quite good. She talked a lot and most of it was compliments directed at me. I knew that she was some kind of a con-artist, but didnt know how to extract myself from the situation so I decided to go ahead with it. She said she'd charge 400 Yuan ($50) for two hours, which I gladly paid up. And then she told me that it was for massage only. For sex I'd have to pay her extra. So I told her to skip the massage and go directly to sex. She agreed but asked for another 200 Yuan. By then I was quite frustrated so I agreed, on the condition that we do it twice which she accepted. To cut a long story short, I hadn't gotten laid in quite some time, so I hardly lasted five minutes. And in another minute she was dressed and ready to go. I tried reasoning with her, which fell on deaf ears. I feared creating a scene, so I had to let her go. $75 for a single bout is a little rich for my blood, but I have been had before. One learns and moves on.
Later, I visited a 'bar street' around midnight. I believe there is two of them in Beijing. It was an interesting place. I saw a chinese belly dancer for the first time in my life. Anyway, I chose to sit outside. As I sat there drinking I was approached by a very friendly chinese guy with reasonable English. He sat next to me, started chatting with me and offered me a girl. I took my time accepting because I didn't wish to appear too keen and I had been sated too. Ultimately, we started discussing the price. He told me that it would be 500 Yuan for one time, and a thousand for the whole night. I told him that I could only pay $100 (800 Yuan) for the night. To which he said that he'd be giving 800 to the girl and keep two hundred to himself. He also wanted to be paid upfront. I told him that I'd pay the girl 100 US$ once she reaches my room, and I could also pay him a 100 Yuan for his services. He agreed to the terms and started working the phone. He had no luck for the first couple of times and then he spotted a girl walking our way. He called her to my table. She was twenty-ish and nice looking. The price seemed reasonable to her and then I found out that she would not do oral. That was a deal-breaker for me, so she left. He made another couple of calls and finally said that I should go back to my hotel. He'd come there with a couple of girls and I could choose one. But by then, it was past midnight and I had a very important meeting early in the morning. So I gave him 20 Yuan for his efforts and headed back without a girl.
The conclusion is, one can buy sex in Beijing for reasonable prices. But the right way of doing it would be through such a tout or picking one up from a disco or club. I have heard that one can find women in such establishments. But for all those who might want to go through the yellow pages, my advice is 'don't!'. And especially stay away from the ad advertising a slim, tall (175 cm) sexy masseuse who goes by the name of Xaxa, which wasn't mentioned in the ad by the way.