From International Herald Tribune:
When Sports Illustrated‘s swimsuit issue hit the newsstands last week in China for the first time, with the sexy singer Beyonc√© on the cover, the competition was fierce.
Readers here had already seen the February issue of For Him Magazine, which features a Chinese singer named A Duo on its cover wearing a white V-neck leotard that reveals every other inch of her rather substantial figure.
In China, where sex is still a taboo subject and pornography is outlawed by the ruling Communist Party, the images are not only highly provocative but perhaps the latest sign that sex and sexuality are infiltrating the mainstream media.[Full Text]