Men had better watch their step in Chongqing. If they don't obey their wives' or girlfriends' orders, and satisfy their every whim, they can expect to hear the crack of the whip and must cower as punishment without mercy is meted out.

The city of Chongqing in south-west China - the world's biggest city by some estimates with 32 million people - is planning to build a town dedicated to women in its Shuangqiao district.

The municipal motto is "Women are never wrong" and the project will be modelled on a town depicted in one of China's most famous literary masterpieces, The Monkey King. Authorities hope it will bring in tourists keen for a bit of role reversal