Beards Banned in Chinese Region

China has introduced new restrictions in the far western region of Xinjiang in what it describes as a campaign against Islamist extremism.

Also in the programme: India’s “Anti-Romeo” police. And, Chairman Mao and the legacy of Andy Warhol’s ironic portraits of him.

(Image: Uighurs from Xinjiang Province pose for photos in front of a portrait of Mao Zedong in Beijing on 3rd March 2013. Credit: Mark Ralston/AFP/Getty Images)