A brisk walking group exercising on Dec 5 in Zhengzhou city, the capital of Henan province. - SHIPINHAO/YINGYULAOSHI9168
BEIJING: They march in unison to the beat of blaring Chinese music, chanting ‘1, 2, 3, 4’ while garbed in the same bright-coloured custom-made uniform.
Nicknamed “explosive walking groups”, these brisk-walkers - who can number in their hundreds - take to their exercise of choice with military regimentation; often with their own flag and sign bearers, and even a videographer.
