This photo is from the front page of last Sunday’s Beijing Daily Messenger (北京娱乐信报):
It shows a group of security guards patrolling the parking lot of a car market in Beijing’s Asian games Village. The guards were given big sticks by the company that runs the car market and told to frighten away illegal car salesmen.
Note: This post has been corrected: it was previously titled ‘Big sticks to frighten beggars’. Thanks Xinsong!