Thread: The weird and somewhat wacky stuff that goes on in China

I'm starting a new thread with the focus on the weird and somewhat wacky stuff that goes on in China

This thread https://teakdoor.com/thailand-and-asi...na-thread.html has become something
completely different from what I envisioned.

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So, starting with ...

'Barbaric': Coffins destroyed, seized as Chinese province executes hard-line 'burial-free policy'


More than 5,000 coffins were surrendered last month, but not always voluntarily

Authorities in China's south-east have confiscated, destroyed, and even exhumed coffins in accordance with
a controversial "zero burial" policy, according to local media reports.

Key points:

• Officials in Jiangxi province confiscated more than 5,000 coffins last month
• Some rural families have to save for years to buy the coffins
• Footage on Chinese social media showed authorities using force to seize coffins

The Jiangxi Provincial Government wants locals to only cremate their loved ones' remains, but poor families in rural areas of
China often spend a fortune saving up for coffins and expensive burial rituals.

The hardline roll-out of the policy — which is reportedly being executed to adopt more "eco-friendly" practices but observers
suggest is a bid to preserve land space — has even drawn rebuke from Beijing state media as "barbaric".

Footage on Chinese social media shows officials removing coffins from homes, and facing resistance from the owners.
After being seized, the coffins were placed side by side and smashed to pieces using excavators.