China’s Grave Offense: Ghost Wives – Antoaneta Bezlova

From Asia Times:

Ghost stories might have been recently exorcised from bookshelves by Chinese censors for the horror they inflict on the public, but equally grisly tales of “ghost wives” have been unfolding in real life.

When Shen Wentang, a peasant from central China’s Hebei province, bought a “ghost wife” for his dead father, he asked no questions about where the body had come from – and showed little curiosity about finding this out….[Full Text]

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