China Scene: Central
Wuhan mom shows body to teach son about sex
A mother surnamed Zhang who uses her body to teach her son sex education has sparked controversy in Wuhan, capital of Hubei Province. During a gynecological examination at the Wuhan Health Center for Women and Children last Thursday, Zhang brought her son into the examination room, letting him see her body and telling him how a woman becomes pregnant and delivers.
Zhang said she wanted to educate her son, a 14-year-old grade 2 junior middle school student, correctly. Others, including doctors, said she should use better teaching methods.
(Chutian Jinbao News)
Court holds unfaithful husband to his promise
A court in Hubei Province recently upheld a letter of guarantee a husband had written to his wife, granting her a divorce and ordering her ex-husband to pay her 100,000 yuan ($12,820) as compensation.
Wang Jun married Li Hong in 1999 and wrote a letter to her in 2003 promising not to visit prostitutes under penalty of paying compensation if he ever visited a prostitute.
But Wang, a businessman in Wuhan, the provincial capital, broke his commitment and visited a prostitute last year. When Li learned her husband had been unfaithful, she sued, seeking compensation and a divorce.
When Li showed Wang's letter of guarantee, the Hanyang District People's Court ruled in her favor.
(Hubei Daily)
Closing of Changsha's last public bathhouse ends era
A public bath that had been serving people in Changsha, capital of Hunan Province, for more than 80 years was shut down last Thursday, saddening many senior citizens.
Although having a bath at home is no longer an extravagance, many elderly people recall bathing at the Xinsha Bathhouse, located in city's busy Cai'e Road.
Plans call for the bathhouse's location to be rebuilt into a luxury sauna house or a shopping center. It used to cost 8 yuan (about $1) to enter the Xinsha Bathhouse, the last public bath to be closed in Changsha.
It had been popular for many years, but business had started to slump, and the bathhouse had been operating in the red for more than two years.
(Changsha Evening News)
(China Daily 01/16/2007 page6)
