China Scene: North

Wife gives nasty shock in bag for braggart

A farmer from Baodi in Tianjin municipality was brought to the police for suspected swindling after the cash-filled handbag he claimed to have lost at a market was found to contain a thick pad of paper instead.

Hearing of his detention, Bai's wife hurried to the cops to explain: her husband was so proud of his successful business he often brought the bag containing 30,000 yuan ($4,222) just to show off.