Why call them Chinese toilets?
In my first trip to Paris, 1969, in the middle of downtown near La Madeleine, I experienced such a toilet on Rue Duphot.
I call them French toilets.
Thanks for the correction. Must have gotten lucky during my visits to France.
Reminds of the the toilet I had in my hotel room when I was in Okinawa, had a sprout for both genders, god if there is one this I miss about that side of the world is that toilet.
In my first trip to Paris, 1969, in the middle of downtown near La Madeleine, I experienced such a toilet on Rue Duphot.
Paris has catered to the foreign crowd since before France was even a major colonial power, so it's not surprising that you'd see a squat toilet there. Outside of Paris, I suspect that was a rarity in 1969. Nowadays, probably more common (for obvious reasons).