Exposed severed head of looter, Peking Mutiny, 1912
Corpses
Pirates and other prisoners beheaded on Kowloon Beach, Hong Kong, 1891
Three women 'prisoners' posed in a cangue
Cangued prisoners
An execution scene, Shanghai
Seven alleged perpetrators of the ‘Kucheng massacre’, about to be beheaded, Fuzhou
Exposure of severed heads of alleged perpetrators of the ‘Kucheng massacre’, Huashan, near Gutian, Fujian
After the executions of alleged perpetrators of the ‘Kucheng massacre’, Fuzhou
Two executioners of the perpetrators of the ‘Kucheng massacre’, with their weapons, Fuzhou
A man in manacles (an alleged perpetrator of the ‘Kucheng massacre’), Gutian
Men about to be executed, Kowloon, Hong Kong, 1891
Clay figurines displayed on tables
Public torture and execution (lingchi) of Wang Weiqin (王維勤), Beijing
A condemned criminal in a cage, used for slow strangulation, Shanghai
Public execution, Beijing
Public torture and execution (lingchi) of an unidentified man, Beijing