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 ...

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 ...

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 See more of our coverage in your search ...

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 ...

The world’s oldest flush toilet may have been discovered by archaeologists in China. During the summer last year, a research team at the Yueyang archaeological site in the Chinese city of Xi'an found ...

Thomas Crapper move over - there's a new loo patent in town. And it's going places, quite literally. In a bizarre piece of automotive engineering -and one that could easily be taken as an April Fools ...

Boasting 51,000 statues carved into 252 caves and niches some 1,500 years ago, China’s Yungang Buddhist Grottoes is irrefutably a spectacular attraction. But in recent days, the restrooms in this ...

For most ordinary people in ancient China, using the toilet was a routine necessity. In the imperial court, however, even the most private act became a carefully staged display of status and ritual.