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China’s ‘ghost marriages’ see dead dug up for macabre marriages despite government crackdowns

• Despite crackdowns, ‘ghost marriages’ remain common in some parts of China, in extreme cases, people have even committed murder to find a ‘spouse’
• The price of a female body is usually determined by a range of factors, including age, how ‘fresh’ the body is, how complete the remains are, physical appearance and family background