{"id":7162,"date":"2011-11-24T22:30:43","date_gmt":"2011-11-24T14:30:43","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.tour-beijing.com\/blog\/?p=7162"},"modified":"2017-11-20T20:18:03","modified_gmt":"2017-11-20T12:18:03","slug":"how-to-use-the-toilets-in-china","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.tour-beijing.com\/blog\/china-travel\/plan-china-trip\/how-to-use-the-toilets-in-china","title":{"rendered":"How to Use the toilets in China"},"content":{"rendered":"
Plan your China tour<\/a><\/strong><\/span>? Are you thinking of how to use toilets in China? Siting or squatting? That is a question for many travelers. Squatting toilets are still quite popular in China.<\/p>\n

Though\u00a0it may seem uncomfortable and rather too primitive,\u00a0the squatting position helps you relax your puborectalis muscle and straightens your rectum, reducing the possibility of getting constipated and easily having waste evacuated.<\/p>\n

<\/span>China’s reputation for horrible public bathrooms is quite known. But things are changing to the better now\u00a0in some big cities like\u00a0Beijing, Xian Shanghai and etc.\u00a0The local\u00a0governments\u00a0in China are\u00a0doing a lot to improve the state of the toilet facilities.\u00a0 Now you’ll often find public toilets rated with stars.<\/p>\n

<\/span>Most hotels\u00a0and all major airports are equipped with sitting toilets with western facilities. But in some tourist spots or remote areas,\u00a0toilets are not clean and well maintained, no\u00a0toilet paper, no soap or tissues to dry your hands.<\/p>\n

Some toilets need repairs which are often clogged with rundown toilet plumbing.<\/p>\n

<\/span>Tips for using a toilet in China:<\/p>\n

<\/span><\/strong>1. Always having t<\/span>oilet paper (pocket tissues) on hand
\n2. Wet wipes and hand sanitizer<\/span><\/div>\n

3. Handkerchief for drying hands when towel isn’t available <\/span><\/div>\n
4. Accept squatting toilets if no way. Many argue it’s actually healthier to squatting\u00a0than sitting down.<\/span><\/div>\n
5. If too smelly, you need to squat and cover your nose and bring your own tissue always.
\n6. If no flush, no door with a bucket of water once a day, just keep\u00a0an open mind and a sense of humor.<\/span><\/div>\n
7. Using toilets at upscale restaurants (or MacDonald’s), shopping malls which will have clean washroom. <\/span><\/div>\n
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A\u00a04 Star Rated Toilet Sign issued by Beijing Tourism Administration<\/span><\/span><\/div>\n
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4 Star Rated Toilet issued by Beijing Tourism Administration<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

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Very clean public toilet with solar energy, music and video.<\/span><\/div>\n
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Very clean public toilet with solar energy, music and video<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n
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Interesting link:<\/span><\/strong><\/div>\n
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Beijing toilets V London toilets<\/a><\/span><\/strong><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Plan your China tour? Are you thinking of how to use toilets in China? Siting or squatting? That is a question for many travelers. Squatting toilets are still quite popular in China. Though\u00a0it may seem uncomfortable and rather too primitive,\u00a0the squatting position helps you relax your puborectalis muscle and straightens your rectum, reducing the possibility…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":38,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1467],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-7162","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-plan-china-trip"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.tour-beijing.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7162"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.tour-beijing.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.tour-beijing.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.tour-beijing.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/38"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.tour-beijing.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=7162"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/www.tour-beijing.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7162\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":22856,"href":"https:\/\/www.tour-beijing.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7162\/revisions\/22856"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.tour-beijing.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=7162"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.tour-beijing.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=7162"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.tour-beijing.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=7162"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}