Chinese condom shop rubbed out

SHANGHAI - A condom seller has been ordered to shut his shop for displaying his wares without Chinese instructions and in "inappropriate packages".

The Industry and Commerce Administration in Ningbo, Zhejiang, received several complaints about Zhang Zhiwen's products, the Shanghai Daily said.

"Zhang printed China's national emblem on a condom called 'lady-killers', and on the packing of the box was the image of soldier Lei Feng and the country's late Chairman Mao Zedong," it said. Lei Feng was a model Mao-era soldier.

"They were unimaginably hot sellers," Zhang was quoted as saying.

- REUTERS