China claims throne to 2004 toilet summit Posted by Scott Manning on January 29, 2002 | Comments (0)

Beijing, flush with civic pride after a successful bid to host the 2008 Olympics, is feeling like a winner again upon landing the 2004 World Toilet Summit.

China's capital, notorious for rank public lavatories with little privacy and no seats, won over World Toilet Society (WTS) officials at the November summit in Singapore with documentaries showing the city's improvements, the official Xinhua news agency said on Tuesday.Full Story...