In China today, read all about a teacher who takes photos for attendance, soldiers who brave -30C temperatures to exercise, a Japanese-Korean man turned away at the airport, what really lies beneath the Huangpu river, and a woman who stopped seven trains. 

Soldiers in Heihe city of Northeast China's Heilongjiang province exercise at -30 C, Dec 16. [Photo/CFP]

Extreme cold exercise

What does -30 C feel like? Well, the tough soldiers of Heihe city of Northeast China's Heilongjiang province are braving the cold to do their daily exercise.

An infantry company from a frontier defense regiment based in China's far north said the extreme cold weather built their characters.

Their photos have drawn 21,260 comments on the Tencent news portal as web users laud their efforts in serving the country and wish them well.

Soldiers in Heihe city of Northeast China's Heilongjiang province exercise at -30 C, Dec 16. [Photo/CFP]

Soldiers in Heihe city of Northeast China's Heilongjiang province exercise at -30 C, Dec 16. [Photo/CFP]

In our next story, a teacher in Wuhan is taking attendance in an untraditional way.