Schools entangled in debate on unified hairstyles

Hairstyle is supposed to be a matter of personal style choice.

However, some Chinese students are required by their schools to have unified haircuts, with short bangs for male students and shoulder-length hair for female students. Many students have criticized and rebelled against the rule as more of them have started to adopt the latest hairstyles.

A complaint letter - written by a middle school student in Fuzhou, Fujian province, to the local education bureau about the school asking students to have unified hairstyles - as well as the bureau's response to the letter have sparked public debate on whether schools should control how students wear their hair.