It was under Hu Yaobang (right) -- top man in the Party from 1981 until 1987 -- that Chinese leaders first began choosing Western business suits over home-grown Mao suits. One of China's most reformist leaders, Hu's liberalism brought his ouster, but his preference for Western dress stuck. Above, Hu, stands in Western clothing next to the more traditionally garbed Deng Xiaoping in 1981.
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