Hair, there & everywhere

A Chinese city is selling its wares worldwide, products that solve a problem uppermost for many.

At 6:30 in the morning Liu Qiang stepped into a room next to a brightly lit broadcasting studio and began putting on makeup. As she did so she continued to familiarize herself with hair products－mostly wigs－that she would soon be trying to sell, as well as the scripts she would be reading from to help her do so.

At 8 am sharp, Liu, dressed in hip-hop attire, faced the camera and greeted a worldwide internet audience in well measured and articulated English. Just as importantly, her smooth body movements and the confidence they exuded suggested that this 27-year-old must have had years of sales experience under her belt.

With the deftness of a magician pulling rabbits from under a hat, she changed wigs 15 times in one 60-second spell, leaving many viewers convinced that they could not do without one or two of these hair replacements, in their multitude of styles, colors and sizes.