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Grueling schedule shapes up soldiers

Updated: 2011-07-27 10:08

(chinadaily.com.cn)

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Grueling schedule shapes up soldiers

A sniper of an armed police unit's special duty brigade focuses on his target despite local distractions during an anti-terrorism training session in Shenyang, Northeast China's Liaoning province, on July 26, 2011. The brigade needs to finish ten hours of sniper, ambush and cross-country every day in order to better prepare for special missions. [Photo/CFP]

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