Video: Soldiers from Tibet Armed Police Corps conduct combat training on plateau

15:41, January 10, 2018

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  Soldiering on in extreme cold

  Officers and soldiers from the Heilongjiang border defense force participate in a one-week training in China's northeast frontier where the temperature is -30C.Despite the extreme cold, officers and soldiers completed various forms of training, such as powering down, rubbing their body with snow and snow wrestling to test and strengthen their ability to carry out diverse tasks.Officers and soldiers in

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  Armed police move heightens central control

  Illustration: Liu Rui/GTThe Chinese People's Armed Police Force has come under the command of the Communist Party of China (CPC) Central Committee and the Central Military Commission (CMC) from January 1, said the CPC Central Committee in a statement last week. This political decision is of far-reaching significance to the comprehensive implementation of the rule of law, safeguarding the authority

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  French police recover some jewels from Ritz heist

  Five men armed with handguns and hatchets smashed the windows of the Ritz hotel on the luxurious Place Vendome in Paris. Photo: AFPFrench police have recovered some of the millions in jewels looted from the Ritz hotel in Paris, a police source told AFP on Thursday, as officers hunt for two robbers who remain on the run.The armed gang burst