{"id":99038,"date":"2018-10-03T11:00:57","date_gmt":"2018-10-03T04:00:57","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.siamlandbank.com\/propertynews\/property-news\/how-beijing-is-trying-to-curb-the-spiralling-price-of-death-in-china\/"},"modified":"2018-10-03T12:03:01","modified_gmt":"2018-10-03T05:03:01","slug":"how-beijing-is-trying-to-curb-the-spiralling-price-of-death-in-china","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.siamlandbank.com\/propertynews\/property-news\/how-beijing-is-trying-to-curb-the-spiralling-price-of-death-in-china\/","title":{"rendered":"How Beijing is trying to curb the spiralling price of death in China"},"content":{"rendered":"


\nDying can be an expensive business in China.
\nA shortage of space in big cities and an ageing population have combined to dramatically push up the cost of laying someone to rest.
\nNow the government has stepped in with new rules designed to curb the skyrocketing price of storing a loved one\u2019s ashes after death. In some major cities, this has outpaced the growth in property prices.
\nThe key change to existing rules is to limit the size of the small spaces known as \u201cniches\u201d where…
\n
\nSource : South China Morning Post
\nRead more…How Beijing is trying to curb the spiralling price of death in China<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Dying can be an expensive business in China. 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