China May Have $5.8T in Hidden Debt with ‘Titanic’ Risks

Re:China May Have $5.8T in Hidden Debt with ‘Titanic’ Risks by aurailious on Tuesday October 16, 2018 @05:09PM (#18233294)

Last time I was in Beijing I was told not to flush toilet paper. Is that still the case?

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Re:China May Have $5.8T in Hidden Debt with ‘Titanic’ Risks by seanmcdirmid on Tuesday October 16, 2018 @05:14PM (#18233334)

You can flush it in most higher residences as long as the toilet paper is soluable. I think the reason binning developed was that the Chinese didn't produce soluable toilet paper in the past, and now the habit carried on (my grandma told my mom, my mom told me) even though the tech has caught up. I'm not really sure about squat toilets, though.

Never drink the water though. Even boiling isn't that safe anymore, just use bottled.

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Re:China May Have $5.8T in Hidden Debt with ‘Titanic’ Risks by voltagex_ on Tuesday October 16, 2018 @05:33PM (#18233497)

What's in the water?

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Re:China May Have $5.8T in Hidden Debt with ‘Titanic’ Risks by seanmcdirmid on Tuesday October 16, 2018 @05:34PM (#18233506)

China's crazy bad water pollution.

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Re:China May Have $5.8T in Hidden Debt with ‘Titanic’ Risks by zhte415 on Wednesday October 17, 2018 @12:13AM (#18236088)

Heavy metals.

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Re:China May Have $5.8T in Hidden Debt with ‘Titanic’ Risks by baybal2 on Wednesday October 17, 2018 @03:00AM (#18236772)

Poop

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