It's bad manners to discuss toilet activities. But the topic often comes up when people recount their first experiences in China. For many, confronting a squat toilet for the first time is a shock. This fundamental encounter with the unknown can tell us about the relation of purity and danger, public and private space, and the role of the state in China’s rapidly changing society. Such abstract calculations come to life according to five stages, starting with “shock.”

The film lasts 20 minutes and will be shown on loop from 5.30pm, so just drop in!

A film by Professor William A Callahan, Professor of International Relations at the LSE, author of China Dreams: 20 Visions of the Future and the documentary video, China Dreams: The Debate.

This event is free and open to all with no ticket required. Entry is on a first come, first served basis. For any queries email events@lse.ac.uk.

This event forms part of the LSE Literary Festival 2015 Fringe.

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Podcasts & Videos are now available online for many events from the 2016 LSE Space for Thought Literary Festival 'Utopias' which took place from Monday 22 - Saturday 27 February. LSE’s 8th Literary Festival explored the power of dreams and the imagination and the importance of idealism, dissidence, escapism and nostalgia, as well as the benefits of looking at the world in different ways with speakers including David Aaronovitch, AC Grayling, Robert Harris, Tom Holland, Margaret Macmillan, Anna Pavord and Zoe Williams.

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