China's Female Bodyguards in Demand

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About 30 percent of China's millionaires are women, and with a widening wealth gap, safety has become an issue. It's creating a surge in in popularity for female bodyguards, and a secruity school in Beijing trains women to meet the demand.

They may be smaller than their male counterparts, but this group of women is in demand in China.

These ten women were selected from 20 candidates to be trained at Beijing's Tianjiao Special Guard and Security Consultant Company. They could soon join the country's growing ranks of female professional bodyguards.

The women, mostly young graduates, are on a four-week initiation course. The school also offers eight-month courses of stamina training, martial arts, reconnaissance, escorting skills, language and business etiquette.

According to the school's manager, Chen Yongqing, the increased demand for female bodyguards is mainly from wealthy businesswomen.

[Chen Yongqing, Manager, Tianjiao Special Guard & Security Consultant Co.]:
"Many female entrepreneurs, celebrities and pop stars—as well as their family members, children and parents—all need female bodyguards for protection. So we are particularly focusing on training female bodyguards from this year."

The recruits have to endure having bottles smashed over their heads to test endurance, but 22-year-old Sun Yiyao was happy to be breaking stereotypes of Chinese women as weak and demure.

[Sun Yiyao, Bodyguard Recruit]:
"In China, women are seen as a vulnerable group, and society always looks down on them. However, almost everyone looks at a female bodyguard in a different way. As a woman, I'm very proud to be able to protect a man or even a group of people."

Graduates from a bodyguard course can look forward to a well-paid career with a minimum monthly salary of 5,000 yuan (about 800 US dollars), often earning much more than their male counterparts.

The school itself charges 280,000 yuan (about 45,000 US dollars) for 12-months of full-time service from a female bodyguard, who can sometimes take home a third of that for herself.

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[throwerofturds]

if i was looking for a bodygaurd i would look for an ex soldier who had experience . it would cost more but is more likely to be better 

[foxusp]

@Search4diabetescure yeah they think they're gonna use those little pistol tricks, thats too far away from the reality, they will be dead before they realize that

[Search4diabetescure]

These woman are very attractive.

By the way, it takes years to become truly "competent" in real martial arts skills. Weeks of training will not yield competent practitioners of martial arts.

These girls are getting pieces of certificates and they think they are competent. They will get seriously hurt or killed for having false sense of confidence.

This training program is a money making business. These girls are deceived!

[trx125tracy69]

Good idea!!!

[fomiz]

rubbish! cost more than men for less protection. i'll have one to protect my need from entering the kitchen

[sciflyer67]

I'll take one as long as they also know how to give a good massage!

[falconfira]

800 usd a month? hmmm...

[mrzack888]

no thanks. women not as strong as men.

[DBSpy1]

History proves they make the best Ninjas,if I ever need one that's the way to go.