Joint drill sharpens anti-terrorism fight

A joint counterterrorism drill of China and Russia concluded on Wednesday in Yinchuan, Ningxia Hui autonomous region.

The drill, featuring cooperation between China's Armed Police Force and the Russian National Guard, began on Dec 2 and included training activities at APF bases in Yinchuan.

Thirty-two members of the APF's Desert Fox commando unit, an anti-terrorist assault force, and 32 of their Russian peers from the Vityaz and Rys, units of the country's National Guard, took part in a host of exercises. The Chinese side also sent helicopters and armed assault vehicles.