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Beards Banned in Chinese Region

01/04/2017 GMT

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Beards and veils forbidden in China’s Xinjiang region

Beards and veils forbidden in China’s Xinjiang region.

China has introduced new restrictions in the far western region of Xinjiang in what it describes as a campaign against Islamist extremism.

Also in the programme:  India’s “Anti-Romeo” police. And, Chairman Mao and the legacy of Andy Warhol’s ironic portraits of him.

(Image: Uighurs from Xinjiang Province pose for photos in front of a portrait of Mao Zedong in Beijing on 3rd March 2013. Credit: Mark Ralston/AFP/Getty Images)

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