This week the Boston Globe has a collection of photos from various anti-terrorism exercises and demonstrations (thanks to Rachel for pointing this out). A number of these come from “a week-long series of anti-terrorist drills called “Great Wall 5″, in preparation for the upcoming 2008 Olympic Games”, so the Globe claims.
Although this may just be an excuse to put images of the Chinese military in the western press, it is a very striking collection of pictures. This does not appear to be another case of the media pulling out misleading images to portray its own story – as was picked up by the Chinese bloggers at anti-cnn.com – as most images are sources from the Chinese press and come with detailed explanations of where and when the were taken.
Here are a few to feast your eyes on:
Chinese Paramilitary Olympic Preparations
Chinese Paramilitary Olympic Display
Chinese Armed Anti-Terrorism Police In Preparations For The Olympics
And finally a picture that tells a thousand stories, taken in Xinjiang during the Olympic torch relay through the capital Urumqi that was commented on here for the high levels of security.
Chinese Police Presence In Urumqi For The Xinjiang Leg Of The Torch Relay
Fairly impressive. Makes one wonder if some got their training in the himalayas.
Christian Loriau
Great Information But I hope they dont have to put it to work, Lets hope for a better life and peace for the China people!1
Thank you for keeping up the good work. I look forward to returning to your blog, and learning more from you !
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