On January 27, the Intermediate People's Court in Hangzhou...

On January 27, the Intermediate People's Court in Hangzhou city, capital of eastern Zhejiang province, condemned a woman, Wang Hongying, 34, to death for running a prostitution racket. China handed down its first death sentence for prostitution in November 1998 under new criminal statutes approved by the National People's Congress, or parliament, inMarch 1998.