Something's a little strange here.
1. The Chinese NEVER permit photos of this kind of thing, so how did we get these.
2. The rifle he is using is a 7.62X39. Not usually associated with damage we see here. Chinese traditionally use only one bullet, and then charge the family for it. I have a really hard time believing that one shot did this kind of damage. Was the photo retouched?
3. Why the black face on the one soldier? And oversized sun glasses on the others?
As usual, I trust nothing, not even what my eyes see.
Thanks
I would say Chinese took these photos for their internal records. However, they did not want executioners to be identified. Two guards wore sunglasses to do that, but the one in the center apparently did not. So they blacked out his face. I suspect that some underground organization managed to smuggle photos out. There are some secret organizations inside China. For example, Falun Gongs who were forced underground. Some of them could bribe police. I am not saying that this is how it happened. I am just saying that smuggling out such photos is possible.
Not at normal engagement ranges of tens to hundreds of meters, but at 1/2 meter or less?
"2. The rifle he is using is a 7.62X39. Not usually associated with damage we see here. Chinese traditionally use only one bullet, and then charge the family for it. I have a really hard time believing that one shot did this kind of damage. Was the photo retouched?"
Are you sure it's not a 7.62x54? Looks like it might be to me.