Chinese Bigwigs Are Quick to Reach For the Hair Color – Jason Leow

 Public Resources Images P1-Aj833C Hairp 20071210205813 From The Wall Street Journal:

Very few of China’s political and business leaders these days seem to go gray.

It is possible that could have something to do with genes, but something else is involved, too. For aging men of influence here, the dye job appears to have become as commonplace as the Mao suit once was.

Though they range in age from 52 to 67, the most senior leaders in the Politburo Standing Committee include nine men with nary a white strand of hair. [Full Text]

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