Halfway from the dam to Chongqing, on the wharf at Wanzhou, stood Liu the pimp, a definite winner, touting his girls at 11.30 on a Wednesday morning to the customers at a pork noodle shop.

• 从水坝到重庆的半路上，是万州市，一个姓刘的男子在做用车到码头接送妓女的皮条客。这是周三上午11时半，他接到那些风尘女子后，就送去给等候在一家餐馆的“客户”们。