Local authorities are demolishing thousands of “living tombs” that have been built for generations yet to die in fields, hillsides, along roads and even in a national park in central China. “The roadsides are full of living tombs, it’s really not elegant,” one villager said this week. “Especially at the weekends when we come out here with our children. They see them and are scared and uncomfortable.”Another told China National Radio that increased longevity had contributed to the problem. “Before, when…

Source: The Times April 11, 2018 15:56 UTC