4月13日，北京一家酒店发生了一场袭击，一名皮条客将一名女性顾客误认为竞争卖淫团伙成员进行攻击，成为了新闻头条。这起事件也让公众注意力聚焦在经济型酒店中日益猖獗的卖淫现状上。
An April 13 assault in a Beijing hotel in which a pimp attacked a female guest who he mistook for a member of a rival prostitution ring has made headlines, and has also focused public attention on the rampant prostitution in China's budget hotels.
在这起袭击事前的安全监控录像在网上发布以后，产生了巨大的影响，观看人数超过了上亿次。很多女性已经开始担心自己住在经济型酒店的安全问题了。
After security camera footage of the attack was released online, it had a huge impact and was watched hundreds of millions of times. Many women have begun to fear for their safety if they stay in these cheap hotels.
上周五，北京警方结束了相关调查，拘留了五名嫌疑人。随后，警方在网上发布了一个公告称，袭击者为一个卖淫团伙工作，他当时把该女性错认成了正在工作的竞争者。
Last Friday, the Beijing police closed their investigation and detained five suspects. The police sent out a notice online, saying the attacker worked for a prostitution ring and thought the woman was working with a competitor.
事实上，对于在经济型酒店居住过的任何人来说，在酒店房间门口出现性工作者广告并不是什么新闻。尽管很多酒店和当地执法机关已经试图制止这种事情发生，但是很多宾馆较差的安全状况意味着这种做法还和过去一样常见。
The fact that ads for sex workers are slipped under the doors of hotel rooms is no news to anyone that has ever stayed in a budget hotel. While many hotels and local law enforcement bodies have tried to stop this from going on, the poor security of many hotels means that the practice is as common as ever.
上周三，《新京报》的记者在金泰桥区域的一家七天连锁酒店登记入住。随即他拨通了卡片上的电话，一名男性接通电话洽谈“业务”。
Last Wednesday, the Beijing News reporter checked in at a Seven Day hotel in the city's Jingtaiqiao area. He called a number on a card and a man picked up the phone to introduce the "business."
这名男子表示，“常规服务”售价600元（折合93美元），“白领女性服务”售价800元，“模特服务”售价1000元。服务内容包括两个小时的“洗浴和按摩”。
The man said a "regular service" would cost 600 yuan ($93), "white collar woman service" costs 800, and "model service" costs 1,000. The package includes two hours of "bath and massage."
近日，一些事故在这些经济型酒店频频发生。继和颐酒店袭击事件发生之后，上周三，重庆市一名女性发现一个陌生人在她的房间洗澡。震惊之余，该女子要求退房并且离开酒店。
Recently, a few incidents have happened in these cheap hotels. Last Wednesday, following the Heyi attack, a woman found a stranger taking a shower in her room in a hotel in Chongqing Municipality. Shocked, the woman demanded to check out and switched hotel.