Sim Chi Yin

May 6, 2024 | chinafile.com | Sim Chi Yin |Ian Johnson

A rower glides a boat down the Fushi River near the “Widow’s Bridge,” one of the killing grounds of the 1967 massacre in Dao county. Li Dongde, a school teacher, stands at the execution grounds where his father, Li Jingxi, was shot by militiamen in August 1967. “This is where he was killed and his body lined up with others,” he said quietly before standing for this portrait.