Homes Turned Into Memorials as Burial Prices Soar in China

Flora Hua
By Flora Hua
April 5, 2024China in Focus
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A controversial trend takes place in China’s real estate industry: Homebuyers are purchasing apartments not to live in, but to store those who have passed on. As neighbors complain about units filled with cremation urns, experts shed light on what’s behind the widespread phenomenon.

 

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