Chinese Special Operations place 1st at International Competition.

A couple of things to note on this first.

1.  The Chinese probably didn't send their very best to this competition.  Why would they?  Their top guys surely have other, more pressing work or exercises to attend to.
2.  They're participating in these events.  Confidence is increasing in the land of the rising dragon.  I fully expect to see them used over seas in a hotspot so they can cut their teeth.  Africa maybe?  Perhaps in a peace keeping role in the Middle East?
3.  Don't under estimate these guys.  They'll probably be showing up in a war zone near you.

via Chinese Miltary Review.

Chinese Special Operations Forces (SOF) teams has displayed the best overall performance at the fifth Warrior Competition organised by the Jordan Armed Forces at the King Abdullah II Special Operations Training Centre (KASOTC).
Special Operation Teams of the Chinese People's Armed Police Force (CAPF) won both first and second places in the overall results.
Thirty five Special Operation Teams including eighteen from Arab and foreign countries took part in the fifth Warrior Competition.

SIDENOTE:  I wonder if our guys have been operating against Chinese Special Ops forces in Afghanistan.  I keep going back to the rash of helicopter shoot downs.  It really seemed too sophisticated for the Taliban to have pulled off.  Foreign operatives seems like a good if off the wall guess.