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After the fall of the Qing Dynasty, it was said that many Chinese men wanted to cut their Queue pigtails and adapt short hair typical of Western Men.

But then, Sun Yat Sen writes something about returning to proper Han and Confucian tradition, and advise Chinese men to wear their hair long. Some did keep their hairstyle short, but then, with most of the short-haired Chinese men being associated to Mao and the Communists, short hair quickly fell out of Fashion in China and most men now keep their hair long.






Now, what if Sun Yat Sen actually ordered the men to cut their Manchu-imposed queue and put Western-style Short Hair instead? How would Chinese history of 20th and 21st century changed with Short Hair being the norm instead of an exception among Chinese Men?
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