Siyi Chu
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Siyi Chu
Living on dying: Meet the coffin makers of Liuzhou, China
✦ Liuzhou, in China’s Guangxi region, has been famous for handcrafting high-quality coffins since the Tang Dynasty ✦ Since 1979, its mini coffin souvenirs have been sold across China and become popular souvenirs in Hong Kong, Macau and beyond ✦ In villages like Liudao outside Liuzhou, families still carve full-size coffins, even as decades of cremation policy and a slowing real-estate sector reshape the trade’s future
Siyi Chu
The Beijing government offices where you can eat your way across China
The first thing I did once I landed in Beijing after a year of living away was to hop into a taxi with some urgency.
