Karate chops and cranes at the ready as troops train for China's next UN mission
Jonathan Watts in Qinyang
Monday September 17, 2007
The Guardian
The armoured personnel carrier roars across the dust, discharging khaki-clad troops who scatter to form a secure perimeter. Kneeling, lying or taking positions behind walls, they aim through the scopes of their type-95 assault rifles at an unseen enemy.
This is a public relations exercise by the People's Liberation Army, which will soon send its first deployment of peacekeeping troops to Darfur. There, the military's sights will be trained not just upon warring tribes, but overseas critics of China's involvement in Sudan.
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