For China’s leaders, keeping their hair dyed jet-black is a signal of personal and political strength
In 2019, Mr. Xi broke another long-standing political norm by appearing in public with streaks of gray in his hair. The topic was off-limits for the domestic media, but the Western media speculated that he meant to affirm his superior power relative to other members of the standing committee of the Politburo.
Xi Jinping in 2008 and 2023. In recent years, the Chinese president has demonstrated his unique status by breaking with convention and allowing his hair to show signs of gray.Political norms that influence the highest echelons of Chinese politics often filter down to lower levels of the bureaucracy.
I confess, however, that my hair dyeing has earlier roots. It started when I was 39 and teaching at the City University of Hong Kong. My hair was rapidly graying, and my badminton partner—a remarkably fit graduate student—said that I looked like a distinguished professor. I wasn’t too happy about that, but my father and grandfather went gray in their 30s, and I was continuing the family tradition.
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