[whiddershins]

I believed you that you might be saying accurate things until you wrote ‘even China does pretty decently.’

I spent two weeks traveling around China and, when it comes to toilets, what you said couldn’t be more insanely inaccurate. I decline to go into details, but it’s is in every way the opposite of what you wrote.

[Clewza313]

China is huge and fast-developing, so generalizations are dangerous. The notorious partitionless poop trough is pretty much a thing of the past (although I have no doubt some survive), but these days at eg. major train stations or tourist sites, the average public toilet is just fine.

[HKH2]

"Parks and urban areas across the country have toilets that are well maintained..." is referring to far more than just major train stations and tourist sites.

[Clewza313]

On my last trip before COVID happened, I crossed the country and the only truly gruesome toilet I ran into was at a Tibetan monastery. YMMV.

[HKH2]

If that was a roadtrip, that's impressive.

[HKH2]

Exactly. If you go to China (edit: I don't mean just staying in 5 star hotels), expect to see someone else's excrement at some point.