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Jan 4, 2010
China officials go for nip, tuck
<!-- by line --> <!-- end by line --> BEIJING - CHINESE Communist Party officials are rushing to have cosmetic surgery as they face ever-growing media attention, reported the Daily Telegraph. More than 500 government officials are now being treated each year at the Plastic Surgery Hospital at Beijing's Union Medical College, according to Dr Chen Huanran, a senior surgeon. 'The officials have to go on television much more than before, and have to make many more appearances in public. They want to make sure they have the strong features that government officials are supposed to have,' Dr Chen was quoted as saying. 'The number of operations on officials has risen quickly in recent years,' he said. 'Now at least 20 per cent of my patients are government officials.' He said that at least 200 operations are performed on senior Communist Party cadres each year. But Dr Chen denied that any current members of the elite Politburo have gone under the knife. However, he added that the cosmetic changes are seldom drastic.
Read the full story in Monday's edition of The Straits Times.
Home > Breaking News > Asia > Story
Jan 4, 2010
China officials go for nip, tuck
<!-- by line --> <!-- end by line --> BEIJING - CHINESE Communist Party officials are rushing to have cosmetic surgery as they face ever-growing media attention, reported the Daily Telegraph. More than 500 government officials are now being treated each year at the Plastic Surgery Hospital at Beijing's Union Medical College, according to Dr Chen Huanran, a senior surgeon. 'The officials have to go on television much more than before, and have to make many more appearances in public. They want to make sure they have the strong features that government officials are supposed to have,' Dr Chen was quoted as saying. 'The number of operations on officials has risen quickly in recent years,' he said. 'Now at least 20 per cent of my patients are government officials.' He said that at least 200 operations are performed on senior Communist Party cadres each year. But Dr Chen denied that any current members of the elite Politburo have gone under the knife. However, he added that the cosmetic changes are seldom drastic.
Read the full story in Monday's edition of The Straits Times.
