In a gynecological clinic in Beijing, Dr Hongli asks her patients uncensored questions about their sex lives.

"Many of them complain about their marital problems," says the sexologist, who also runs a collective workshop dedicated to "happy sex".

The women at these workshops are, or aspire to be, independent and unashamed of their sexuality. They are the Chinese sexual revolution.

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