--FILE--Cinesi locali residenti masterizzare joss carta moneta a piangere i loro parenti su una banchina in Ghost Festival nella città di Hefei, Cina orientale¯s Anhui p
--FILE--Local Chinese residents burn joss paper money to mourn their relatives on a roadside on the Ghost Festival in Hefei city, east China¯s Anhui province, 10 August 2014. While pollution in China is typically associated with coal-fired power plants or the country's ever-expanding fleet of exhaust-belching automobiles, state media attributes at least some of the smog to another source: the burning of dead bodies. In a country short on land for burial plots, many families cremate their deceased loved ones, in addition to burning stacks of fake money for them to spend in the afterlife. While particulate matter from funeral pyres may sound like a minor problem when compared with the towers of smoke emanating from the China's innumerable factories, local governments are nevertheless spending millions of yuan to encourage cleaner disposals of the dearly departed, state media reported on Wednesday, citing a new government report.
