For those of you who haven't been in China, young children often wear no diapers. Each outfit is just like ours, with the exception of a split crotch seam. Parents hold their babies, allowing them to go to the bathroom on the street. I have heard that they toilet-train much earlier than in the West.
On a recent trip to Dazu, an area containing an impressive set of lifesize carvings on a mountainside, I smiled to see a carving of a small boy with 'split pants.' Thus, I know that this habit has been a tradition here for at least 800 years. (That's how old the carvings are).
Most of us have also gotten used to the eastern "foot pad" toilets, although one student said recently that she'll forever "worship at the shrine of the Western toilet." I heartily agree with her. (Connie)
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