China Scene: South

Jewelry store pays for boy's wedding ring theft

A jewelry shop that purchased a golden wedding ring from a 14-yer-old boy recently paid out 300 yuan ($44) to the boy's parents, after mediation from local administration of industry and commerce in Haikou, capital of Hainan province.

A man surnamed Wu found the wedding band he purchased for more than 1,000 yuan had disappeared when he cleaned his drawer early this week.