Pictured: How China gets its troops to stand to attention – pins in their collars and crosses on their backs | Mail Online http://www.dailymail.co.uk/pages/live/articles/news/worldnews.html?in_article_id=564629&in_page_id=1811&ct=5 Officers of the People Paramilitary Police preparing for the Olympics are drilled on the parade ground with pins in their collars and crosses on their backs to ensure perfect posture. As I am apt to say, Genie flippin’ Mac.