Man asks for sweetheart’s hand with a 33-tonne ‘meteorite’

Liu Fei kneels before girlfriend Wang Fangfang - and the 33 tonne space rock. Photo: Handout.

BEIJING: Instead of selecting a precious stone to mount on a ring, a man in far western China has proposed to his girlfriend by unveiling a 33-tonne “meteorite” placed in a public square, a news website reported.

The proposal on Tuesday in Urumqi, the capital city of the Xinjiang autonomous region, was successful and attracted a large crowd, according to ChinaNews.com.