March 12, 2014
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Improving well-being: mainland masseuses learn to relax tense muscles, March 12

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Wang Feng (centre right) and her fellow students watch their teacher demonstrate massage skills.
Students sit in front of acupuncture charts as they wait for a training course to begin.
Wang Feng watches her fellow students practice massages on each other.
Wang Feng (bottom) practices massages on a fellow student.
Wang Feng looks in a mirror as she combs her hair in her dormitory.
A student presses down on the wrist vein of her fellow student, which halts the blood flow into the hand, as she practices hand massages.
Wang Feng massages a customer's feet.
Wang Feng (right) and a fellow student watch a senior masseur marking acupressure points on someone's foot during pre-job training.
Students look at a chart explaining how gaining new skills will increase their pay during a company course.
Wang Feng (front, right) and other students shout slogans during their morning exercises.
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Wang Feng (centre right) and her fellow students watch their teacher demonstrate massage skills.Wang Feng (centre right) and her fellow students watch their teacher demonstrate massage skills.
March 12, 2014
Today in Photos

Improving well-being: mainland masseuses learn to relax tense muscles, March 12

The basic conditions at the classrooms and dormitories of Huaxia Liangste's massage training centres in...

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Wang Feng (centre right) and her fellow students watch their teacher demonstrate massage skills.
Students sit in front of acupuncture charts as they wait for a training course to begin.
Wang Feng watches her fellow students practice massages on each other.
Wang Feng (bottom) practices massages on a fellow student.
Wang Feng looks in a mirror as she combs her hair in her dormitory.
A student presses down on the wrist vein of her fellow student, which halts the blood flow into the hand, as she practices hand massages.
Wang Feng massages a customer's feet.
Wang Feng (right) and a fellow student watch a senior masseur marking acupressure points on someone's foot during pre-job training.
Students look at a chart explaining how gaining new skills will increase their pay during a company course.
Wang Feng (front, right) and other students shout slogans during their morning exercises.
Page 1Page 1
Wang Feng (centre right) and her fellow students watch their teacher demonstrate massage skills.
Students sit in front of acupuncture charts as they wait for a training course to begin.
Wang Feng watches her fellow students practice massages on each other.
Wang Feng (bottom) practices massages on a fellow student.
Wang Feng looks in a mirror as she combs her hair in her dormitory.
A student presses down on the wrist vein of her fellow student, which halts the blood flow into the hand, as she practices hand massages.
Wang Feng massages a customer's feet.
Wang Feng (right) and a fellow student watch a senior masseur marking acupressure points on someone's foot during pre-job training.
Students look at a chart explaining how gaining new skills will increase their pay during a company course.
Wang Feng (front, right) and other students shout slogans during their morning exercises.
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