China Hosts a Summit on Women’s Rights, While Stifling Activism

The conference was billed as a celebration of China’s achievements in supporting women. But the government has mostly wiped ...
BGR

Scientists In China May Have Just Reinvented The Toilet Bowl

Scientists at Huazhong University of Science and Technology in Wuhan, China, have created a new type of ultra-slippery toilet bowl, making it impossible for anything to stick to it. The new toilet ...
Miami Herald

2,200-year-old flush toilet — oldest ever found — unearthed at palace ruins in China

Archaeologists excavating the ruins of two palace buildings in Yueyang City stumbled on the oldest flush toilet ever found, photos show. Photo from the Institute of Archaeology at the Chinese Academy ...
CNN

2,400-year-old flush toilet discovered in China could be one of the oldest ever

Archeologists in China have found the remains of what may be the world’s oldest known flush toilet. Broken parts of the 2,400-year-old lavatory, as well as a bent flush pipe, were unearthed last ...
Mint

In China, public restrooms dispense toilet paper only after watching ads—Internet calls it ‘dystopian’

A new system in some public restrooms in China was slammed by the netizens after videos showed that toilet paper is being dispensed only if users first watch an advertisement. According to The Metro, ...