Xi Jinping shows his natural hair color, a rare move in Chinese politics
Silver streaks in President Xi Jinping's hair spotted at the annual national legislative session, which began March 5, have captured attention and stirred speculation among China watchers as to what the radical change might mean.
Top leaders want to be seen as"larger than life ... and appear to have a faultless appearance," said Willy Lam, an adjunct professor at the Chinese University of Hong Kong and a longtime analyst of Chinese politics. However, a constitutional amendment that last year paved the way for Xi to rule for life, and an increasingly over-the-top propaganda blitz touting his leadership, have proved controversial." could be a strategy to diminish criticism that he's building a Mao-style personality cult," said Lam."This is a kind of camouflage strategy to make him look less aristocratic, in the Chinese sense.
"There is no real threat to his power among the political elite," he added."Xi is trying to project strength and show that he can look the way he wants."Leaders have traditionally dyed their hair black as a kind of"conformity to a single regimented style as a sign of unison and agreement," observed Hung Huang, a prominent media personality who grew up among the Communist elites in Beijing in the 1960s and '70s.
"I don't think youth was something that he was afraid to lose," said Hung."It's highly possible that such a relaxation of rigidity in style, especially to show a bit weariness, is planned and orchestrated to win some sympathy, which they might need."
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