China's First Sex Theme Park Demolished

China's communist leaders have called in the bulldozers to demolish what would have been the country's first sex theme park.

Within hours of a nationwide blaze of publicity for the park and its over-sized statues of naked genitalia and sex workshops, the bulldozers moved in.

The sex theme park "Love Land" will open in October in the southwestern city of Chongqing. At the entrance of the park there is a rotating signboard with the park's name straddled by a giant pair of women's legs topped by a red thong.

The park's manager, Lu Xiaoqing said, "Sex is a taboo subject in China but people really need to have more access to information about it." But he did not get enough support from the city officials. A hasty weekend inspection tour after pictures of the theme park appeared in the media spelled its demise.

He Shizhong, head of the municipal publicity department, said the company behind the park had "ignored its social responsibility and was interested only in profiting from sensationalism".

A project manager for developers, the Mexin Group, said: "It's a pity the park had to close, but we accept the decision. We apologise if we upset any members of the public."