Chinese Type 63 / 68
An overview with pictures

    The Chinese Type 63/68 is much like the American M14 rifle. IT is called a Type 63 or TYpe 68 because the design was first issued in 1963 (the Chinese designation "Type 63") and the rifle entered service within the PLA in 1968 (So it is called a "Type 68" by Western experts). The final use of this weapon by the PLA was in 1978

The fire selector is placed on the right side of the weapon right above the trigger guard, at index finger reach

The Type 63/68 gas system is original, not the same as the SKS or the AK-47. The Type 68 uses a proprietary "cut-down" 20-round magazine that looks a lot like an AK47 magazine

The first domestically designed and mass produced assault rifle China decided to develop its own was the Type 63 / Type 68

The Type 63/68 rifle features a non-removable folding spike-bayonet