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Hygiene in China

Hygiene in China
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Surgeons in China were forced to remove the eyeball of a man after residue bacteria from an insect he swatted to death on his face threatened to seep into his brain. Photo: SCMP composite/Shutterstock
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Man in China loses eye due to infection after swatting fly on face

A man in China who killed a drain fly that was buzzing around him by swatting it when it landed on his face suffered a serious infection which led to him losing an eye.

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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

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‘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.

Local officials in a region of China have decided to impose fines on people who do not make their beds, have bad eating habits and do not wash dishes in a bid to clean up the area. Photo: SCMP composite/Shutterstock
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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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.

The kindergarten in Shaanxi apologised after the head was confronted by parents. Photo: Handout
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.

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’s toilets have an international reputation for being unbearably dirty and smelly. But that is changing – especially at tourist sites around the nation. Photo: David Wong
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

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

A drunk woman in Yulin, Guangxi, had to be rescued by firefighters after she slipped and got her leg stuck in a squat toilet. Photo: pearvideo.com
China society

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

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.

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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

The English on the signs might not be perfect, but a new scheme supported by city governments across China is making thousands of privately owned toilets available to the public. Photo: Weixin
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

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

Chongqing has come up with guidelines for hotpot restaurants. Photo: Handout
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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