[William May]

Also, it looks like the "Heavy Duty" police. Regular police on the street in China don't carry guns. They might have a baton. The ones who carry guns are the HEAVY police, who deal with the serious shit, and don't bother with petty crimes. When I was in China in 2000, I only saw them out once. when it was pointed out by our tour guide. She explained the difference, and indeed, the regular beat cops had no weapons on them. Although it might have changed by now. That's 26 years ago now.