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The Catastrophes Issue

Die, Die, My Darling

Well, we were looking for proof of bodysnatching because we’d heard rumours of a black market trade in stolen corpses to meet the demand from the Chinese tradition of “ghost weddings," which are like arranged marriages for the deceased.
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A disturbed crypt in a village near Xianyang, Shaanxi.

Outside the dead miner’s funeral.

Coffin makers in the Chemical District of Mine Number 4, near Datong, Shanxi.

Ji, matchmaker and purveyor of caustic cigarettes.

Boxes of paper wedding gifts laid out for the dead, including Gucci sunglasses, BlackBerrys, and razors.

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