China: July 17, 2002

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China is forming it's first elite hostage recovery unit. The government would only say that men had been selected from police volunteers and were undergoing training. If this unit is like others throughout the world, it probably has a hundred or so members. It will take several years of training before the unit reaches world class standards. It's not known who is providing the training.

 

 

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