https://www.scmp.com/rss/325987/feed en https://assets.i-scmp.com/static/img/icons/scmp-meta-1200x630.png https://www.scmp.com President Xi Jinping has called for a “toilet revolution”, which will be the centrepiece of his “new countryside” drive. The goal is to improve the quality of life of the country’s 600 million villagers – the same number of people that India’s Narendra Modi is trying to wean from open defecation in India. After riding to power in May 2014, the Indian prime minister launched the Swachh Bharat (Clean India) campaign with the aim of eradicating open defecation by 2019. The national campaign spans... https://www.scmp.com/week-asia/opinion/article/2123157/chinese-and-indian-toilet-revolutions-look-singapores-bottom-line?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/week-asia/opinion/article/2123157/chinese-and-indian-toilet-revolutions-look-singapores-bottom-line?utm_source=rss_feed Sat, 09 Dec 2017 02:00:57 +0000