Keys:

Keys are not just an accessory or an inconvenience as in many Western countries. In China, keys are a sign of authority or importance. School kids, businessmen, police officers, doctors, teachers and party goers will all show a bundle of mostly insignificant keys dangling from the side of the waist. These denote ‘I’m a busy person and quite possibly important’. Women can sometimes also don the jingle-key craze though it is usually a sign of masculine hierarchical importance. (See alsoClothing).