Online News-Experts Gather in China for Toilet Summit
A three-day Toilet Summit international commode conference was held recently in Beijing. Some 150 scholars, toilet designers and environmentalists from 19 countries gathered to exchange ideas on topics such as the latest toilet technologies, lavatory management tips and the relationship between toilets and tourism development.
China, known for fetid public toilets that often are little more than open trenches, is eager to show off its advances while preparing for the 2008 Beijing Olympics. Delegates to the conference were taken on a tour of new and renovated public toilets in Beijing.