Special operations soldiers assigned to a special operations brigade with the PLA Xinjiang Military Command board a Mi-171 transport helicopter prior to a parachute training exercise in a plateau area at an altitude of 3,600 meters in northwest China’s Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region on August 14, 2018. (eng.chinamil.com.cn/Photo by Luo Xingcang, Gao Guangzheng)