A few years ago, I was standing with an American friend in a Shanghai office building, waiting for a meeting to start. Suddenly, my friend turned to me with a worried expression on her face and asked ...

BEIJING — Fed up with the theft of toilet paper from public bathrooms, tourist authorities in China’s capital have begun using facial recognition technology to limit how much paper a person can take.

China is stepping up an initiative to clean up unsanitary and foul-smelling toilets to boost tourism and living standards for residents. In the past three years, China's tourism industry renovated ...