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The exotic novel, The World of Suzie Wong, and its many adaptations immortalized the red-light district of Wan Chai, Hong Kong with its American sailors, British Empire expatriates and Hong Kong prostitutes in the late 1950s. Due to globalization, Wan Chai is now frequented by migrant women from several Southeast Asian countries. However, the red-light district is always associated in the press and travel guides with “the Suzie Wong days”. These social representations reveal the transformation of a red-light district into an historic and picturesque adult entertainment district and the commoditization of a “practice of exoticism”.