Hotel hygiene scandal exposes outdated laws

A cleaner wipes the toilet and the wash stand with a towel. Then she picks up a cup and wipes it with the same towel.

This is part of an 11-minute video clip uploaded on Nov 14 by a micro-blogger, surnamed Wu, who has 320,000 followers. He says in the video that it is an "open secret" that hygiene is a casualty when it comes to hotels, including some five-star ones.

The post with "#secret of the cup" has been read 300 million times on micro blog and has exposed a major scandal in the domestic hotel industry.