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We thought we had heard enough about death this past weekend during the Qingming Festival, but in an increasingly populated city bursting with residents, something oft-neglected when it comes to the logistics of city planning comes from the more morbid end of the spectrum. That's right, we're talking about funerals.

Dr Zhao Baige (vice-minister of the National Population and Family Planning Commission) said yesterday that there was a "very serious process" currently taking place regarding the review of China's infamous one-child policy. Her comments were typically tentative but the admission that the policy is under scrutiny from high level officials has been taken by many China-watchers to mean that a gradual relaxation of the rules could be on the cards.