Young women dressing in bikinis dance at a Beijing night club.
The 22-year-old Yang Yang says she closely follows the fashion tastes of Carrie Bradshaw, the lead character on Sex and the City. "I always thought that I would never wear floral-patterned skirts," she says. "I like solids, but now when I'm in a Carrie mood, I'll wear them."
Xu Bingyu, 29, is another devoted fan of the TV series. She is a senior project manager at a German consulting company based in Beijing. Like many other young professionals, she enjoys shopping and dining with friends after work. When she wants to have a quiet night, she sometimes spends hours curled up on the sofa watching the adventures of Carrie Bradshaw.
Sex and the City gives Xu and her friends an excuse to chat about sex and their own relationships - topics they are usually too shy to bring up on their own.
In China, sex used to be a taboo subject, and women in particular exhibited conservative attitudes.
