CHINA — The Chinese government has launched a crackdown on funeral strippers and rewards tipsters for revealing information on such performances.<br /><br />It has been a long tradition for rural folks in China to use local opera performers for funerals to get people to attend and show respect to the deceased. However, since the 1990s, a "funeral strippers" phenomenon has emerged in some areas of China.<br /><br />The latest crackdown is focused on 19 cities across Henan, Anhui, Jiangsu and Hebei province. The new campaign offers tipsters cash incentives when they report "funeral misdeeds" via a special "hotline".<br /><br />In 2015, China's Xinhua news agency commented that the performances highlight "the trappings of modern life in China, whereby vanity and snobbery prevail over traditions."
