China Scene: North

Dentist tidies up the Water Cube

Since the beginning of the Beijing Olympics on Aug 8, a county dentist from Anhui province has been picking up litter and cigarette butts around the National Aquatics Center, the Water Cube.

"I like the Water Cube so much that I decided to do something good for it," said 46-year-old Hou Xianzhong last Tuesday, as he picked up around the building after thousands of audience members left.