A mother in Zhejiang Province was shocked when she learned that her 14-year-old son had married a dozen times on the Internet.

The boy became addicted to surfing the Internet early this year. Every day he spent at least a dozen hours playing online games.

Last week, he admitted to his parents that he had married many times on the cyber world. The longest marriage lasted for two months; the shortest, merely hours.

He knew his online wives, all aged between 13 to 25, through playing online games and would propose a marriage as long as he thought the girl was beautiful after having an online video chat.

**Hen electrocuted, causes blackout

Over 50 stores in downtown Nanchang of Jiangxi Province experienced a blackout on Sunday morning when a hen perched on a high-tension wire and caused a short circuit.

An onlooker said he heard a loud noise from a transformer and then a flame emerged. All stores in the area had a power off for over two hours.

After the accident, people found a hen, which had been burnt into black, lying near where a high-tension wire was connected to the transformer.

**Elderly woman is actually elderly man

Genetic testing in Liuzhou, Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region, recently revealed a 70-year-old "woman" surnamed Zhang to be, in fact, a man.

Zhang, who has a normal female vagina and breasts and has been married for 50 years, recently arrived in a local hospital to see doctors after she began to grow testicles two years ago. At first, she had mistakenly believed she had a tumour.

Zhang's chromosome indicated she was in fact a man, doctors said, adding that it was still unknown why Zhang had grown women's features.

Zhang who never gave birth to a child, adopted a son when she was 30.

**Scorpions in baggage scare airport security

Security guards were spooked upon finding scorpions in a passenger's hand luggage on Tuesday.

The scene took place at about 8 am when more than 40 live scorpions were discovered in a plastic bag owned by a passenger surnamed Chen who wanted to take a flight to Zhengzhou in Henan Province.

Many passengers were also scared and ran away.

Chen explained that he wanted to bring some live scorpions back to his hometown to cook soup after tasting delicious scorpion soup in Guangzhou.

According to aviation rules, no live animals are allowed on planes.