China Scene: East

Mother needs help to manage stubborn son

A spoiled 8-year-old boy from Nanchang, Jiangxi province, threatened to electrocute himself and jump off a building unless his parents pay him 700 yuan ($103) to buy toys.

"He has been brought up by his grandparents since he was one. Last month, he poured cold water all over himself and asked for 600 yuan from me, and did not get up from the floor, undressed, until his grandparents paid him," the mother, surnamed Lu, said with tears in her eyes.