There are many strange things you can buy in this world, but check out this list of things that can be purchased in mainland China.
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If you ever end up at the subway station in the southern Chinese city of Nanjing, you can find in the vending machine there live crabs for sale. A constant temperature of 5 degrees Celsius, which is necessary for the crabs to live, is maintained in the machine at all times to keep them fresh and fit for consumption.
Panda bear excrement is used as fertilizer during the growth of this tea, which is one of the most expensive in the world, and only the richest Chinese can afford to buy it.
Air pollution in mainland China is a growing threat to health, which is why businessman Chen Guanbyao used it as an opportunity to start a business. So he created... air cans.
Tiny baby turtles and goldfish are placed in a sealed plastic package containing a nutrient solution and made into keyrings. These little animals can survive in such a package for only three months. These products have shocked members of animal welfare organizations.
Chinese companies pay Westerners money to attend important international conferences to make the organization look more "international".
In the fresh seafood department (marine delicacies), the Chinese supermarket chain Walmart sells crocodiles and sharks. Because it is believed that eating crocodile meat will help cure your asthma. It is also believed that eating shark meat helps improve the function of internal organs.
In the Chinese city of Yanan, Shanxi province, four people are engaged in illegal grave digging. They dig up the graves, steal corpses (usually women) and sell them at a high price to deceased men to officiate at their postmortem marriages. Post-mortem marriages are made out of superstitions related to reincarnation.