It appears that Guangzhou’s chengguan, the notoriously power-hungry urban law enforcement officials with a track record for violence and unsurprisingly named China’s most unpopular public officials, have suddenly decided to change their image. For now. Chengguan officers in the capital of Guangdong province were spotted sitting down and having a ‘heart-to-heart’ chat with an illegal vendor in Guangdong province capital, rather than, you know, beating him unconscious.