23 August 2007: The village formerly known as ...

Residents of a small village in southern China thought changing the village's name would improve their fortunes.

Unfortunately the lucky name they chose includes a very rare Chinese character, which is where the problems began. Police computers are unable to register the new name because they do not recognise the character.

Even the regional newspaper had problems reporting the story because its computers also did not print the character. The newspaper was forced to describe it rather than printing it.