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Daniel A. Bell, "The Dean of Shandong: Confessions of a Minor Bureaucrat at a Chinese University" (Princeton UP, 2023)

New Books in Higher Education

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The History of Hair Dying in China

Hair dying is kind of an interesting aspect of bureaucratic life in China. Under President Hujintao each member of the standing committee had veto power over their own policy making area. So they all died their hair jet black to show dynamism and older cultural roots as well but also to show their collective spirit under the next leader. I think overall it worked quite well after preventing bad decision making including myself, he says.

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