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March 12, 2013

Why Do China's Leaders Dye Their Hair?

Celia Hatton, BBC News

AP Photo

Dark suits, red ties and identical helmets of jet black hair. Beneath a giant hammer and sickle, the elite at the top of the Communist Party assembled for the country's annual parliament session last week, all wearing the same unofficial uniform.

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