Why gray hair has become a sign of a fall from grace for Chinese officials

As Zhou Yongkang was sentenced to life in prison by a Chinese court on Thursday, the former domestic security chief became the highest-level official to be punished in President Xi Jinping's nationwide anticorruption campaign. His fall from grace was a public spectacle. Chinese state television showed Zhou bowing his head and confessing his crimes. And while he appeared […]









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