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Q: Are you guilty of throwing away toilet paper in the toilet instead of in the trashcan?
When the sign reads please do not flush the paper down the toilet. Use the trashcan! Do you flush it down the toilet anyways. Is that the habit. I did when I first got here because that was new to me. After awhile I started throwing the paper in the trashcan.
Abso-bloody-lutely. Toilet paper goes in the toilet (hence the name). If someone sold trashcan paper I would consider throwing it in the trash can but as they don't..........
I refuse to infest my environment with faeces fouled paper for one second longer than absolutely necessary.
Apparently the sewer system can't handle it so it's best to use the rubbish bin.
straight to the toilet, obviously the quality of paper is the reason i have no concern for blockage, perhaps this will change. tic
I unfortunately had to stop putting the shit paper down the shitter, and into the trash can instead. It got to the point where I was having to bust out the plunger every time. It's not too bad, my ayi makes a daily trash pickup 
before I answer this question I would like to know what authority the toilet police has, can one be charged with "unharmonious sanitary actions" or "attempt to obstruct sewers" ?
I took my dumps in the trash can, at least i can sit on it. Seriously I took the first apt I looked at with a western toilet, paper goes in toilet.
After going to China I now understand why new immigrant employees in Federal jobs leave TP on the floor. It's easier in Canada to get a good government job right off the plane, than it is if you are a single white male.
TedDBayer:
After 5000 years the Chinese should copy toilets and plumbing like they copy every thing else. Why would you want a squat toilet when you can have a real one? I don't know how you could shower standing in a westen toilet though.
Never ever , watch and smell my ..ehm.. all the day, and also my wife and sons... thanks
When I first came to China 2 years ago no one ever told me about this.
I learned the hard way after taking my first crap in a squat toilet at the factory..and when I tried to flush with 4 pieces of paper and all... it overflowed and was a nasty mess.
Even with squat's as long as you only flush one piece at a time you will be fine.
Even though we have a western toilet at home my gf still refuses to flush her pee papers but at least she flushes the crap ones now.
Scandinavian:
that makes zero sense. OK, maybe I am not privy to all of the female mysteries, but the pee paper should be a smaller amount than the poo paper
They recycle the ass wipe tissues, and then one goes off to the nearest Suguo and buys a packet of tissues to use to wipe ones mouth after eating.. Its simple and easy to work out pilgrime. Am i 10 years old or something?
ITs chinas plumbing, all the plumbing is shit here literally, thats why the toilets always back up, this crazy idea of putting disgusting ass wipes in a rubbish basket, to prevent this problem from happening which makes one sick at the sight of it..
My take on it is based on physics. As long is the paper is smaller then the crap it has to be the turd that blocks the toilet not the paper. That is unless you flush them together which results in the mass being equal to the sum of both parts. So I flush the turd, use the tissue and then flush again.
But I think I need to start a new question.
Does anyone get into trouble for flushing the toilet twice each time?
Another question. Where does the toilet paper actually block? Due to the brilliant local custom of placing the toilet pipe from your upstairs neighbor in your bathroom it is easy to notice that the pipe is approx 6 inch PVC. That is the same size as in Australia for the sewer pipe. So this should not block. So it has got to be the "S" bend in your toilet. Why don't they make this bigger then?
I think this is the great mystery that keeps me coming back. If I was a plumber I would do my masters investigation this strange phenomenum.
cooter:
I think there's more to it, namely the solubility of the turd versus the solubility of the paper in water. Turd usually wins this one I think 
If it was a western toilet, I flushed the paper. If it was a squat toilet, I didn't flush it. The only time I didn't follow this rule was if I visited someone's home and they didn't flush the paper. In that case, I wouldn't either.
When I arrived in China my job told me to never flush toilet paper down the toilet. It will get stuck.
The first thing I did was flush toilet paper down the toilet just to see.
I've never had a problem until I went to in-laws home provinece and didn't realize the flush on the toilet had very little power. I ended up having to spend about 10 mins grabbing the paper out of the toilet :(
China is not the only place with no paper rules.. When I was in Greece they also said not to flush the paper but I could see how small the pipes were (The turds are ok because Greek food has a special ingredient to make you shit small. It's the olives)
Chinese pipes are a good size but eventually everything in the bathroom and kitchen leaks in China.
Chinese plumbing - it's an oxymoron
When I'm at home, I flush it.
When I'm outside, it depends if I wee-weed, then I can put the toilet paper in the trashbin. If I just shat an elephant, then no way is that toilet paper going in the trashbin. Absolutely no logic behind it, I know.
I can see this is going to be a big problem for me... I'm one of those people who after half a roll has gone, there is still something left to clean. Sorry for the image. So blocking any toilets is going to be the last thing on my mind.
