Category: crematoriums

CCP Bans Listing COVID-19 as Cause of Death: Doctors

Several Chinese doctors revealed that authorities withheld information and changed the definition of a COVID-19 death. The doctors also stated that hospitals have been forbidden to declare COVID-19 as the cause of death on death certificates. “The government has now stipulated that patients who die because of exacerbation of underlying diseases due to COVID-19 cannot…


Partially Cremated Remains Left on Road Amid China’s Spiraling COVID Outbreak Trigger Alarm

On the roadside near a Chinese funeral home billowing out plumes of black smoke lay a pile of charred remains, both ashes and bones. They were found next to the Henan Zhumadian Funeral House in the central part of China. “Look at these bones, they aren’t fully burned yet, even some spinal bones are here,”…


China’s Crematoriums, Hospitals Overwhelmed as COVID Surges Across Country

A surge in COVID-19 cases in China has left crematoriums working around the clock to cope with the influx of bodies. Prices for medical supplies have skyrocketed as patients have struggled to get a bed at overwhelmed hospitals, where doctors and nurses have pushed on despite being sick with COVID-19 themselves. For many, the only…


Concerns Raised Over Chinese Near-Monopoly of Tokyo’s Funeral Industry: Executive

Japan has become the go-to market for Chinese businesses wanting to expand through acquisitions there. In addition to acquiring the oldest home appliance store Laox and turning it into a popular duty-free store for tourists, Chinese investors have snatched up hotels that struggled during the pandemic and recently come to a near monopoly of Tokyo’s…


Pandemic Profiles From India’s Capital (Photo Essay)

NEW DELHI—In just about two weeks as the COVID-19 pandemic surged to record-breaking levels in India, a crematorium in Sare Kale Khan on the outskirts of the country’s national capital region built 125 new pyre platforms, including 75 under construction on May 4. The Epoch Times visited the crematorium on Tuesday and noticed that both…