Westerners bowled over by state of public toilets
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Beijing's Commission of City Administration and Environment, which is responsible for public toilets, has introduced several measures such as the "two-fly rule", which states a toilet cannot have more than two flies, and a command that the ratio of female to male cubicles must be 2 to 1.
And it is not just the capital. Shenyang in Liaoning province has invested 5 billion yuan ($790 million) since 2008 to build high-quality toilets and revamp old ones.
"Most public toilets are now no more 300 or 500 meters apart," said Li Cheng with the city's environmental sanitation division. "Many old toilets have been torn down."
Shenyang has come up with a regulation on management that requires public service institutions and real estate developers to include decent restrooms in new constructions.
"Complaints have decreased by 70 percent since 2008," Li said.
Tianjin has also been replacing old restrooms. According to the city's construction project management office, 71 public toilets were built in the past two years, including disabled access and other necessities, such as tissue and soap.
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