China Scene: South

Police save drowning man, make arrest

After stealing 8,000 yuan ($1,100) from a neighbor in the Guangxi Zhuang autonomous region, the thief fled from an angry mob of local residents.

In order to escape his pursuers, the man jumped into the Lijiang River. He was in danger of drowning when police arrived on the scene - to save him, and apprehend him.

(Nanguo Morning Post)

Woman turns home into geology museum

Chen Wenjuan has turned her home in eastern Guangdong province into a museum of unusual stones, mostly found in her native region.

Her collection includes more than 1,000 rocks, in a wide variety of shapes and colors. She had devoted almost every corner of her six-story home to displaying the stones.

Her rock-collecting missions have taken her as far as remote villages in Hunan province.

Some spouses might be impatient with Chen's obsession. But her husband is also a connoisseur of odd rocks - in fact, that is how the couple met.

(Shantou Daily)

(China Daily 06/17/2008 page6)