BEIJING, Dec. 5 Mirror-gazing and cosmetic use among men in seven Chinese cities are on the rise, a survey published Tuesday by the state-run Xinhua news agency said.The survey by Horizon Research Consultancy Group and a Shanghai fashion and media company polled 2,239 men between the ages of 18 and 60, and found men in Shanghai were the most vain, as they spent an average 17.1 minutes in front of a mirror each day.The average mirror time across the seven cities was 8.6 minutes, the survey said.Men spent an average of $10 a month on cosmetics, although of the 46 percent of men in Beijing men who purchased cosmetics said they spent $15 on them per month, Xinhua said.The other cities in the survey were Guangzhou, Wuhan, Chengdu, Shenyang and Xian.Copyright 2006 by UPI
