Editing Bikini (section)

==== East Asia ====

By the end of the first decade of the 21st century, the Chinese bikini industry became a serious international threat for the Brazilian bikini industry.<ref>Justin Rowlatt, "[http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/programmes/from_our_own_correspondent/9348299.stm Brazil's raw materials and the Chinese bikini problem] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140819063301/http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/programmes/from_our_own_correspondent/9348299.stm |date=August 19, 2014 }}", BBC, January 8, 2011</ref> [[Huludao]], [[Liaoning]], China set the world record for the largest bikini parade in 2012, with 1,085 participants and a photo shoot involving 3,090 women.<ref>[http://www.guinnessworldrecords.com/world-records/3000/largest-bikini-parade Largest Bikini Parade] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131029203659/http://www.guinnessworldrecords.com/world-records/3000/largest-bikini-parade |date=October 29, 2013 }}, Official Website: Guinness Book of World Records</ref><ref>[http://www.guinnessworldrecords.com/news/2011/9/new-largest-bikini-photo-shoot-world-record-set-in-china/ Largest Bikini Photo Shoot] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131029203656/http://www.guinnessworldrecords.com/news/2011/9/new-largest-bikini-photo-shoot-world-record-set-in-china/ |date=October 29, 2013 }}, Official Website: Guinness Book of World Records</ref> "[[Beijing bikini]]" refers to the Chinese urban practice of men rolling up their shirts to expose their midriff to cool off in public in the summer.<ref>Anna Fifield, [https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/asia_pacific/a-mainstay-of-the-chinese-summer-thebeijing-bikiniis-under-threat/2019/07/04/b8519ea6-9e31-11e9-a1fc-7337aeb9179e_story.html A mainstay of the Chinese summer, the 'Beijing bikini,' is under threat] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200629164647/https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/asia_pacific/a-mainstay-of-the-chinese-summer-thebeijing-bikiniis-under-threat/2019/07/04/b8519ea6-9e31-11e9-a1fc-7337aeb9179e_story.html |date=June 29, 2020 }}, ''Washington Post'', July 4, 2019</ref> In Japan, wearing a bikini is common on the beach and at baths or pools. But, according to a 2013 study, 94% women are not body confident enough to wear a bikini in public without resorting to [[sarong]]s, zip-up [[sweatshirt]]s, T-shirts, or shorts.<ref>Casey Baseel, [https://japantoday.com/category/features/lifestyle/94-of-japanese-women-dont-feel-confident-in-a-bikini-survey-reveals 94% of Japanese women don't feel confident in a swimsuit, survey reveals] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200627065155/https://japantoday.com/category/features/lifestyle/94-of-japanese-women-dont-feel-confident-in-a-bikini-survey-reveals |date=June 27, 2020 }}, Japan Today, July 21, 2013</ref> Japanese women also often wear a "[[facekini]]" to protect their face from [[sunburn]]s.<ref>Anna Fifield, [https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/worldviews/wp/2016/08/30/what-women-around-the-world-actually-wear-to-the-beach/ Burkini, meet facekini: What women around the world wear to the beach] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200701010622/https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/worldviews/wp/2016/08/30/what-women-around-the-world-actually-wear-to-the-beach/ |date=July 1, 2020 }}, ''Washington Post'', August 30, 2016</ref>