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World Service,3 mins

China and the Skirt

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Jung Chang, author of best-selling “wild Swans” describes how wearing a skirt was dangerous during the cultural revolution (Photo: Chinese writer Jung Chang during an interview in Hong Kong. Credit: Getty Images)

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