{"id":150338,"date":"2026-04-25T07:35:17","date_gmt":"2026-04-25T07:35:17","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/?p=150338"},"modified":"2026-04-25T07:35:17","modified_gmt":"2026-04-25T07:35:17","slug":"could-hair-or-cosmetics-be-make-or-break-factors-for-chinas-would-be-civil-servants","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/?p=150338","title":{"rendered":"Could hair or cosmetics be make-or-break factors for China\u2019s would-be civil servants?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Source: China &#8211; South China Morning PostChina\u2019s official media has released a series of guidelines for would-be civil servants, warning them to dress modestly.<br \/>\nCandidates were told they should wear \u201clight and elegant\u201d suits, and men were advised to get a haircut. Women were told to have clean nails, avoid jewellery, complicated make-up and make sure their hair did not cover their ears or eyes.<br \/>\nCompetition for civil service jobs \u2013 traditionally seen as an \u201ciron rice bowl\u201d because of the security they offer \u2013 has intensified in recent&#8230;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.scmp.com\/news\/china\/politics\/article\/3351411\/could-hair-or-cosmetics-be-make-or-break-factors-chinas-would-be-civil-servants?utm_source=rss_feed\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"feedzy-rss-link-icon\" rel=\"noopener\">Read More<\/a><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Source: China &#8211; South China Morning PostChina\u2019s official media has released a series of guidelines for would-be civil servants, warning them to dress modestly. Candidates were told they should wear&hellip; <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":0,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[3],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/150338"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=150338"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/150338\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=150338"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=150338"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=150338"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}