Some public restrooms in China have introduced a system that requires users to watch advertisements in order to get a few squares of toilet paper. The setup involves scanning a QR code on the ...

The restrooms at China's Yungang Buddhist Grottoes in the city of Datong have been updated with timers above each stall. NY Post photo composite; Getty Images A popular tourist destination in China ...

Holy Batman! Today is World Toilet Day (no kidding) and what better way to celebrate than a hidden toilet that emerges from the ground after you insert one yuan? I’m so there, Maxwell Smart. The ...

It was a flush down memory lane. A 2,400-year-old flushable toilet was discovered in China’s Shaanxi province last summer and revealed this month, reported China Daily. According to experts, the ...

Paying to use a public bathroom isn’t a new concept, with plenty of countries charging an entrance fee to allow people to – literally – spend a penny. But these public toilets in China have taken the ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. This feels like the endpoint of our ad-supported everything culture—the same logic that gives you “free” social media in exchange ...

BEIJING (Reuters) - China must keep up efforts to "revolutionize" its toilets until the task is completed, state media quoted Chinese President Xi Jinping as saying on Monday, amid efforts to boost ...

These are hard times for many local governments in China. Slowing economic growth and a teetering property market make it hard for them to service their massive debts. Some even struggle to pay public ...