How many of you out there are James Bond aficionados? Remember one of the first scenes in Live and Let Die (Roger Moore’s first in the role) where a funeral procession slowly, and mournfully, passes through the streets of New Orleans? A white dude asks a local whose funeral it is and the local says ‘Yours’ just as he stabs him. The funeral procession grabs the body and erupts into a raucous celebration for the life that was.

It seems the Chinese have gone one better in the entertainment stakes at funerals. Within Chinese custom it is believed that the more people you have at a funeral, the greater the luck for the family of the dearly departed. So how does one raise attendance at a funeral? With strippers of course! I don’t really get to go to many funerals so right now, that’s my excuse for not having come up with this idea. I wonder if it’s considered good luck to buy a lap dance for the dearly departed?

But before you rush to your nearest travel agent looking to book a Chinese funeral tour, officials have cracked down on this brilliant practice after an expose by CCTV. Personally, I though it would make a great Contiki Tour but it seems Chinese officials don’t share my enthusiasm. But fear not, loyal readers. Courtesy of our good friends at the Shanghaiist, you can watch the CCTV expose that led to the stripping-funeral ban. It’s a long clip (about 12mins in total), so give it time to load before you play. And if you can’t be bothered watching the whole clip and just want to see what all the fuss is about, try either the 6min or the 10min marks.