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Is it time for China to upgrade its drainage systems?

(chinadaily.com.cn) Updated: 2016-07-08 14:37

Seneca (Expat in China)

For a nation that owes its existence to hydraulic culture and the availability of water from rivers, China has an underdeveloped drainage system. It starts right in the homes of people: everyone has loos with totally inadequate plumbing. Just think of how ridiculous it sounds to Westerners when they have to change their habit to the Chinese one: drop used toilet paper into a waste basket beside the loo.

Is it time for China to upgrade its drainage systems?

A rescuer escorts a sleeping 10-day-old infant to safety on Tuesday in Xiaba, a village in Guizhou province that has been left submerged by consecutive heavy downpours. KE YOUCHUAN/CHINA DAILY

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