China Scene: North

Cheating hubby contracts case of severe paranoia

After a one-night stand with a cyber friend, an adulterous husband worried so much about contracting a venereal disease he spent more than 9,000 yuan ($1,300) for secret treatment at an unlicensed clinic in a bid to protect his privacy.

Three months later, he grew thin and had to be examined at a public hospital in Harbin, capital of Heilongjiang province, where doctors found he had never caught a VD.