Chinese hotels’ dirty secrets exposed: same towels used on toilets and drinking cups

A Chinese whistle-blower has created another storm online by posting a video that purports to show staff in more than 100 upmarket hotels not following hygiene protocols when cleaning rooms, using the same soiled towels to wipe drinking cups and toilets.

The online celebrity, a businessman-turned-whistle-blower who goes by the pen name Huazong, shot to fame in 2011 after he began blogging about the luxury watches worn by government officials.