Photo series: Guangzhou traffic police ticketing a tractor driver – Yang Xi

Yang Xi (杨曦) is a photo journalist for Nanfang Daily. The following images are from his blog on daqi.com.



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Guangzhou traffic police caught this Mr. Chen, who was driving without a license plate at 8 am, Dec. 8, 2006.

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The wife and two daughters of Mr. Chen also came to beg the police to not punish him.

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Mr. Chen’s daughter grabs the tractor, crying to please not tow the tractor away.

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Chen’s wife was arguing with the police.

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Police were angry at Chen and took him into the police car.

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Chen’s wife fought to get her husband out of the police car.

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One daughter was still grabbing the tractor, the younger one was crying.

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Police issued the ticket.

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The tractor was towed away. Mr. Chen can make a living getting 20 RMB for each tractor load shipping construction materials.

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