This picture was taken right before Mao's son Anying left for Korea in 1950. He died there. If he hadn't, it is possible that China could have turned into a family affair like North Korea.Mao and Mao Anying in 1949.
Mao and His Eldest Son Mao Anying
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The Former Head of Police Luo Ruiqing in a Basket, 1966
For this criticism session, guards carried Luo Ruiqing on and off the stage in a basket, because he had recently broken his legs in a failed suicide attempt. Source
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Holding a Meeting with Mao in Bed
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Hua Guofeng Goes to North Korea, Pyongyang 1978
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Trying on Shoes, China 1958
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Delivering the Cotton Tax, Shaanxi October 1975
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A Backyard Furnace Head Holds a Class of the Local “Smelting Iron University,” Henan 1958
Given that Henan was one of the provinces hardest hit by the Famine that resulted from the Great Leap Forward. It is very likely that at least a few of the people in this photo died from food shortages in the following one to three years.
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