A woman fights with chengguan police as they dismantle part of her small restaurant and confiscate equipment that she stored on the sidewalk outside of her shop in the Fuzi Miao tourist market in central Nanjing, Jiangsu, China. The chengguan, or City Urban Administrative and Law Enforcement Bureau, in Nanjing began a crackdown on sidewalk vendors and shopowners in advance of the May 1st worker's holiday. The role of these officers lies somewhere between police and government...
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A woman fights with chengguan police as they dismantle part of her small restaurant and confiscate equipment that she stored on the sidewalk outside of her shop in the Fuzi Miao tourist market in central Nanjing, Jiangsu, China. The chengguan, or City Urban Administrative and Law Enforcement Bureau, in Nanjing began a crackdown on sidewalk vendors and shopowners in advance of the May 1st worker's holiday. The role of these officers lies somewhere between police and government administration, enforcing urban management policies including laws and bylaws governing sanitation, pollution, city appearance, work safety, and other issues.
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