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Coffins seized and smashed in China under ‘zero burial’ policy | South China Morning Post

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Coffins have been smashed and exhumed as part of a campaign in southeastern China that bans people from burying their dead. The “zero burial” policy in Jiangxi province has stirred anger and resentment among locals. Officials were seen forcibly removing coffins from people’s homes in posts shared on Chinese social m…

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