BEIJING - As the Communist Party of China continues to tighten its grip on the regulation of religion and religious activity, a human rights group is reporting that officials are disrupting religious ...

BEIJING – The Chinese government said on Thursday it will not send an envoy to Pope John Paul II's (search) funeral due to its long-standing policy of refusing to recognize states that have diplomatic ...

With Tomb-Sweeping Day around the corner, Chinese-Americans are getting ready to honor their ancestors and mourn their deceased loved ones. The tradition is still there, but has taken various forms at ...

Lavish funerals are an important part of rural Chinese culture, but one ceremony in northwest China costing over 10 million yuan (US$1.5 million) has raised the question as to whether the age-old ...

BEIJING (AP) — Chinese officials are launching a campaign to crack down on stripteases and other lewd shows that have become popular at funerals in some rural areas, the Ministry of Culture said ...

Indian weddings are regarded as happy and auspicious occasions, filled with colour, music, and blessings. Funerals, on the other hand, are sad and serious, often considered unlucky for celebrations to ...

Strippers are invited to perform at funerals, often at great expense, to attract more mourners, according to China's official Xinhua news agency Get daily headlines and breaking news alerts for FREE ...

Satellite images of lines of cars and jammed parking lots at crematoriums far from Beijing suggest a much higher death toll than the official count of some 60,000 people that Beijing has acknowledged ...