In the News (Stuff You Can't Make Up): Strippers at Chinese Funerals

China Says Please Stop Hiring Funeral Strippers. (The Wall Street Journal, 4/23/2015)

As my son just commented, "Why don't they just have an open bar, or a big spread of food?"

According to a statement from the Ministry of Culture on Thursday, the government plans to work closely with the police to eliminate such performances, which are held with the goal of drawing more mourners.