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China's 'camps' for child athletes

Posted by: 2UE | 3 August, 2012 - 11:58 AM
Children training in Chinese 'camps' to become athletes?

Disturbing photos have emerged of what look like torturous training camps for Chinese kids as young as five. China expert Dr Haiqing Yu tells David Oldfield why parents let their children attend. 

To read more on this story in the Daily Mail click below:

Torture or training? Inside the brutal Chinese gymnasium where the country's future Olympic stars are beaten into shape

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