Mary Kay in China

Mary Kay is making huge inroads in China using the direct selling method. As part of China's entry into the WTO, restrictions on direct sales were lifted, allowing companies like Amway and Mary Kay into the market. Prior to this, the use of sales agents or retailers were required. If you go to Beijing or Shanghai and see a Mary Kay pink car (it might even be a Cadillac since China is now Cadillac's second most important market after the U.S.), then you'll know why. Hit the link for a short video on how Mary Kay is working this magic in China.

Chinese Communist Party develops taste for cosmetic surgery - Telegraph

We all know how much pressure there is in being a government official. There's the meetings, the press conferences, the leadership pressure, the politics of getting ahead, the annoyance of dealing with whiny constituents. It's even worse when there's a young twenty-something junior bureaucrat in your department gunning for your job. What's a senior, 40-60 year-old Communist politburo party member to do?

An eyelid lift and some botox, of course.

Chinese Communist Party develops taste for cosmetic surgery - Telegraph

And please. Don't tell me U.S. politicians haven't done it too. Have you seen Hillary Clinton lately? Or how about John Boehner's permanent tan?