All-female fighting force wins all-around respect

The members of the only all-woman squad in the People's Liberation Army Special Operations Forces have been praised for their devotion to the cause, as Yang Wanli reports.

Every day at 5:35 am, before most people are awake, Wei Lingli, 20, and her comrades are out of bed. They have just a few minutes to wash and dress before embarking on a 5-kilometer run which they must complete in less than 24 minutes.

That's how every training day begins for the women of the 82 Group Army's Special Warfare Brigade, the only all-female squad in the People's Liberation Army Special Operations Forces, founded in March 2013 in Beijing. Most of the members were born after 1990, and they come from all parts of the country.