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Hygiene in China

Hygiene in China
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Quirky China: a robot, designed to prevent tourists from disturbing dandelions, enhanced its pesticide warnings by pretending to be dead; a malfunctioned bot embraced a young woman and patent for a voice-controlled in-car toilet approved. Photo: SCMP composite/Douyin/RedNote
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Quirky China: robot ‘dies’ for pesticide warnings; bot hugs girl, in-car toilet approved

In-vehicle, under-seat convenience gets nod from officials; robotic ‘park ranger’ sparks online stir; hugging automaton grabs student.

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Man in China loses eye due to infection after swatting fly on face

Trending in China

China TV star disgusted over filthy bed, dirty toilet in luxury hotel room

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Rodent revenge: China student bites back mouse that bit her, shocks social media

A university student in China has caused shock on mainland social media after she sunk her teeth into the head of a mouse she had caught in an act of revenge for the rodent biting her finger.

A university student in China has shocked mainland social media by taking revenge on a mouse she caught in her dormitory, which bit her finger, by sinking her teeth into the head of the pesky rodent. Photo: SCMP composite/Shutterstock
Trending in China

‘Fines are king’: China county penalises bad eating habits, not making bed

A county in southwest China is trying to impose fines for violations such as not making a bed or leaving out dirty dishes in a bid to improve the area’s living conditions.

Coronavirus pandemic

Opinion | What we learned from Sars stands us in good stead to curb Covid-19

Far from a gloomy observation, the fact Covid-19 behaves like Sars should give us hope. After all, we now know about how coronavirus infections cluster, where the hotspots are, and what public health measures are likely to prove effective.

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Coronavirus pandemic

On Reflection | Why hygiene fears strike at the heart of modern China

China’s hygiene fixation is rooted in trying to combat colonialists. Decades on, it is exposing a problem with the country’s modernisation: an increasingly unhealthy lack of transparency.

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Medical workers take coronavirus patients to their isolation wards at the newly built Huoshenshan Hospital in Wuhan, central China's Hubei Province. Photo: Xinhua
China society

Chinese kindergarten investigated for forcing children to eat in toilets

Management apologises after being confronted by parents whose children said they were sent to eat in the lavatory if they ate too slowly.

Asia travel

Bed bugs: microchips put in Chinese bedsheets after scandals

The chips let travellers to hotels in Wuhan city check precisely when items were last washed by scanning a QR code, allaying fears resulting from a video exposing unhygienic cleaning practices went viral online last year.

China society

China seizes 11.4 tonnes of adult diapers imported from US

Customs officials say they are substandard and considered waste products.

The diapers had been shipped by a Chinese importer from the US to Thailand for repackaging, then labelled as Thai products before they were sent to China, customs said. Photo: CCTV
China society

Video | Gaudi’s art class in a Chinese toilet

China’s ‘coolest toilet’: Antoni Gaudi-inspired lavatory
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China society

Travelling in China? You no longer have to fear its dirty toilets

China society

Rat in hotpot shocks pregnant woman, shuts down restaurant

Family meal at popular restaurant ends with hospital check for mother and, reportedly, an offer of an abortion in the latest in a string of food safety scandals.

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China society

Cockroach crawls into woman's eardrum – then chews a hole

A doctor in Dongguan says he sees one or two cases a month of cockroaches crawling into ears. Source: Sina
China society

Supermarket staff filmed eating snails, throwing shells back for sale

Footage of the incident was posted on Weibo: Photo: Thepaper.cn
China society

Firefighters in China free drunk woman who trapped leg in toilet

China society

Toilet: A Love Story - why this Indian film is a loocrative hit in China

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China society

Chinese diners find eight cockroaches in their hotpot

Woman thought the dark shells in her spicy broth were medicinal herbs … until she bit into one.

Two women from southern China said they found eight dead cockroaches in their hotpot. Photo: News.163.com
Health in China

Not just Starbucks: China’s shops open their toilets to public

Thousands of companies agree to open their washrooms to the public as part of the nation’s ‘toilet revolution’ campaign

China society

Relief for foreigners as China’s public toilets improve

China society

Urine trouble, son! Boy gets stuck in lift after peeing on control panel

A boy from Chongqing in southwest China became trapped in a lift after urinating all over the control panel, causing it to short circuit. Photo: Pearvideo
China society

Building a better today for China’s children – one toilet at a time

Bai Lin, 37, is China project manager of the World Toilet Organisation, which works to raise awareness and advocate for toilet hygiene around the world. Photo: Handout
China society

Chinese city turns up heat on hotpot hygiene to protect foreign diners

China society

Chinese hotpot chain reopens branches after hygiene scandal

Chinese ‘bed sharing’ firm halts services amid safety fears

A man climbs up a ladder as he prepares to sleep in a capsule bed unit at Xiangshui Space during a lunch break in Beijing's Zhongguancun area. Photo: Reuters
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