Article: Feature: Writing Brush Factory Combs Gold Out of Babies' Hair

A Chinese writing brush factory in the Chinese capital has discovered that the top of a baby's head can be a lucrative place.

The Beijing Jinghua Writing Brush Factory is persuading Beijing people to allow its specially trained barbers to cut their babies' hair, promising a pleasant surprise for parents: a pair of baby- hair writing brushes.

The writing tools can serve as souvenirs to mark a baby's birth, said a salesman from the factory. Liu Hong, director of the factory's market development department, said that only baby hair can be made into a writing brush, because baby hair has sharp tips that can form a natural nib. He added that once a head of baby hair is cut, the strands that are ...

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