BEIJING ~ A lovelorn Chinese herdsman who is the world’s tallest man has finally found his other half, in a sales clerk who comes up to his elbow, state media reported.

Bao Xishun, who stands 2.36 meters (seven feet nine inches), will marry 1.68-metre Xia Shujun, who is also half the groom’s age at just 28, the Beijing News reported.

The 56-year-old Bao had conducted a worldwide search for a bride who is up to becoming Mrs. Bao, but eventually found Xia, a saleswoman in a clothing store, in his own home region of Inner Mongolia in northern China, it said.