SaunaScape

The CBC reports of a new law just passed in China: The “Female Sauna Safety

Bath non-users at a Spa in Shanghai. Photo by Thomas Tribe on Flickr

Regulation.” According to their report:

Last month, certain inspectors informed western hotels, which offer luxurious spa and sauna services, that women were no longer allowed to take baths.

Showers? No problem. Baths? No way.

Officials explained that once a month women are afflicted with a certain bodily metamorphosis that could result in “undesired excretions.”

The rules, instituted as China prepares to celebrate its 60th birthday, are seen by the author as the old ways of New China. Other newly established regulations include license requirements for fresh squeezed orange juice, and a prohibition on showing any western news in a public area of a hotel. Keep in mind that TVs on exercise equipment in a public gym are included in this regulation.

[CBC News]

The CBC reports of a new law just passed in China: The "Female Sauna Safety [caption id="" align="alignright" width="350" caption="Bath non-users at a Spa in Shanghai. Photo by Thomas Tribe on Flickr"][/caption] Regulation." According to their report: Last month, certain inspectors informed western hotels, which offer luxurious spa and sauna services, that women were no longer allowed to take baths. Showers? No problem. Baths? No way. Officials explained that once a month women are afflicted with a certain bodily metamorphosis that could result in "undesired excretions." The rules, instituted as China prepares to celebrate its 60th birthday, are seen by the author as the old ways of New China. Other newly established regulations include license requirements for fresh squeezed orange juice, and a prohibition on showing any western news in a public area of a hotel. Keep in mind that TVs on exercise equipment in a public gym are included in this regulation. [CBC News]