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SUBJ: PLAIS NEW 'RAPID REACTION UNIT' GIVES DEMONSTRATION
        SOURCE: BEIJING XINHUA DOMESTIC SERVICE IN CHINESE 0601 GMT
27 JUL 90
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/MBY REPORER WU DONGFENG (0702 2639 1496) AND CORRESPONDENT
ZHANG ZHIMENG (1728 2535 3718M
((TEXT)) GUANGZHOU, 27 JUL (XINHUA) -- A NEW RAPI T
MADE ITS HEROIC APPEARANCE THIS MORNING IN GUANGZHOU CITY BY GIVING
A DEMONSTRATION OF ITS UNIQUE TRAINING AND MILITANT BEARING.
SEVERAL HUNDRED PARTY, GOVERNMENT, AND ARMY LEADERS-WATCHED THE
DEMONSTRATION WITH GREAT INTEREST. AMONG THEM WERE HAN HUAIZHI,
DEPUTY CHIEF OF GENERAL STAFF OF THE PEOPLE'S LIBERATION ARMY
((PLA)); ZHU DUNFA AND ZHANG ZHONGXIAN, COMMANDER AND POLITICAL
COMMISSAR, RESPECTIVELY, OF THE GUANGZHOU MILITARY REGION; AND LIN
RUO, SECRETARY OF THE GUANGDONG PROVINCIAL PARTY COMMITTEE.
THIS UNIT HAS DIVERSIFIED COMBAT CAPABILITIES AND CAN FULFILL
SPECIAL FIGHTING TASKS. ITS BASIC CHARACTERISTICS ARE GREAT
CAPABILITIES, HIGH FLEXIBILITY, GOOD EQUIPMENT, AND HIGH MOBILITY.
IT CAN LAUNCH ATTACKS FROM AIRPLANES AS WELL AS RIDE SPEEDBOATS TO
FIGHT ON WATER. LT-15-KZ-ONL.Y-,P.ROFII-C.IENT--IN THE-USE OF VARIOUS
KINDS OFWEAPONS AND CAN SHOOT WITH UNFAILING ACCURAtt-, BUT ALSO HAS
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MARTIAL ART.)) SKILLS THAT`-CAN TAKE THE S OF"THR-ENDW. IT IS
 CAPABLig' NDS OF MOTOR VEHICLES IN CITIES,
BUT ALSO CAN SURVIVE IN REMOTE AND DENSELY FORESTED MOUNTAINS. ALL
OFFICERS AND MEN HAVE UNDERGONE INTENSIVE AND-ALL-ROUND TRAINING TO
MEET THE REQUIREMENT THAT THEY MUST BE EXPERT AT ONE THING AND GOOD
AT MANY. THEY ALL POSSESS SUCH SPECIAL SKILLS AS HAND-TO-HAND
COMBAT, EXPLOSIVES, PARACHUTING, CLIMBING, WILDERNESS SURVIVAL, AND
CARRYING OUT SURPRISEATTACKS IN CITIES, ANDHAVE A RELATIVELY HIGH
LEVEL OF COMBAT ABILITY.
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