With the color supplement image of a delighted Shanghai wife taking home her first fridge still lodged in their memories, readers of the Independent on Sunday magazine might have upset their morning tea when recently confronted by a double-page color photograph of an execution in China.
八○年代，雜誌裡上海夫妻抬著冰箱回家的朗朗歡顏記憶仍新，中國充滿希望；如今喝著早茶，攤開星期天獨立報附贈彩色雜誌，巨幅跨頁照片赫然是中共「槍決放火犯」的細部血腥場面。