It has a lid and after use, waste is flushed away. An Eastern toilet on the other hand, is simply a porcelain bowl, about three or four inches above the floor. The user squats when using the toilet. An eastern toilet has no flushing device. Usually, a small flow of water is continually removing waste.
Eastern plumbing is usually without traps and as a result odors can be quite strong.
Western toilet are beginning to gain popularity in China, but very slowly. A funny thing can happen when a local person uses a western toilet. They are as unfamiliar with Western toilets as as westerners are with eastern toilets. Expatriate is a person employed and living in another country other than their home country. This has significant implications to the tax status of that individual in both the country of employee and the home country.