Date with the police

Police forces are normally on the lookout for criminals, but in Chengdu the local constabulary is looking for love instead. According to Mop.com, one district station got into the Valentine’s Day spirit recently by posting photos of single men from its local squad online. This soon got the attention of netizens, and last week five of the officers made themselves available for interviews on Sina Weibo. The officers are all listed as being in their twenties with heights, weights and other vital statistics included for the perusal of interested female parties. One of the men is a 27 year-old traffic cop. His Valentine’s message to all the single ladies? “I can’t change the world, but I can change the traffic outside the third ring road.” He’ll be fighting the girls off with lines like that…

© ChinTell Ltd. All rights reserved.

Sponsored by HSBC.

The Week in China website and the weekly magazine publications are owned and maintained by ChinTell Limited, Hong Kong. Neither HSBC nor any member of the HSBC group of companies ("HSBC") endorses the contents and/or is involved in selecting, creating or editing the contents of the Week in China website or the Week in China magazine. The views expressed in these publications are solely the views of ChinTell Limited and do not necessarily reflect the views or investment ideas of HSBC. No responsibility will therefore be assumed by HSBC for the contents of these publications or for the errors or omissions therein.