Is This Romantic,

or not?

a Chinese man had forgotten a present for his girlfriend, so to make amends he bought her a part of the ocean, located off the coast of Shandong province, near Cheniushan Island, the stretch of ocean previously belonged to to a fish farming company and was acquired by the woman’s boyfriend via online auction, the man, surnamed Zhang, reportedly paid 682,662 yuan (around $99,000) for it and offered it to his girlfriend as a way to make amends for not buying her a gift on May 20, She apparently received the usage rights to 210 hectares of open ocean, local media in China’s Shandong province published screenshots from popular social app WeChat that appeared to show the woman telling her friends that her boyfriend had surprised her by buying her “part of the sea” after she complained to him about forgetting about her May 20 gift. She even shared a screenshot of the auction page that shows both the winning bid price as well as a map location and pictures of the ocean area, Beijing-based lawyer Zhang Xinnian told Chinese publication The Paper that Zhang’s bid is legitimate, according to Chinese law, “Property law states that territorial waters belong to the country and cannot be sold or bought. However, the country also protects usage rights that are acquired legally,” the lawyer said. “According to China’s law on sea area use, organizations and individuals can apply for sea usage rights with the marine affairs administrative department.” so was his gesture romantic or not? I am only making these few posts to day as we are out for a day by the sea.