Hong Kong police force. Note that only the Indian officers are armed. Source: Vintage Chinese postcard.
[In India only British officers ruled over Indian soldiers ,while in china(Hong Kong) Indian officers ruled Chinese soldiers -typical colonial British cunningness]
“Indian” police officers in Shanghai. Source: Vintage Postcard.
History:-
After defeating chinese soldiers by using a combined invasion force of British/American/Russian/Japanese/And colonial Indian troops under British officers
To force Chinese to accept British exported drugs from India
An
“entry team” of officers in the Shanghai Foreign Concession, trained
and led by a British officer. The police needed serious training and
firepower to stand up to the strong criminal gangs that controlled much
of the city. Photographer is unknown, dated 1936.