China Scene: Central

Two couples divorce, swap partners, remarry!

Employees at a marriage registration office in Changsha, capital of Hunan province, were in for a shock of their lives recently, when two couples came and got divorced, swapped partners and registered for marriage.

The four people - two men and two women - first arrived on the fifth floor of the building, where they were granted divorce, and ten minutes later, registered for marriage after swapping spouses, a staff member said.