Around the nation: Chinese woman celebrates victory thanks to her 1.8-metre-long locks
The ethnic minority Kazakh, 33, who won a 'longest hair' competition, says it takes two hours to wash her hair, which she has not cut for the past 10 years
XINJIANG
Long locks a winner
A Kazakh woman's 1.8 metre-long locks have won her a "longest hair" competition at a tourist festival last weekend, China News Service reports. The 33-year-old, from Yining county, who defeated 20 other ethnic minority women taking part, said it took two hours to wash her hair, and she had not had it cut for the past 10 years.
Census of 1pc of population
Authorities in the autonomous region are to carry out a survey of 400,000 residents - 1 per cent of the region's total population - as part of a national population census, news website Xinjiangnet.com reports. People living in more than 1,600 communities will receive a questionnaire on topics including their ethnic group, education, occupation, previous migration and home ownership. China carries out a national population census every 10 years - the latest one was in 2010 - followed five years later by the survey of 1 per cent of the total population.