BEIJING: Police in China are set to receive firearms training as part of a nationwide plan to boost armed patrols, state media said Tuesday, after a string of high-profile violent incidents.
The country's stability-obsessed Communist leadership responds harshly to any perceived threats to its rule, but most members of its police force do not carry weapons.
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