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Thanks for your report. BTW speaking of Chinese sanitary practices, I would be grateful to know how is the 'nightsoil' business doing today in China?

[Ma Li]

I'm not entiretly sure. Even though this is a small city, they don't continue the practice of collecting the waste in the evening and taking it out to the farms as they used to. But, I've been out in countryside only 10 minutes drive from the city, and seen the family outhouse used for such purposes. I'd say for certain large cities like Beijing and provincial capitals don't do that anymore. Smaller cities and towns probably some do and some don't. Countryside, definitely.