Chengdu trains stewardesses so they can break plates with their handsChinese flight attendants practise hand-to-hand combat and grueling exercises Images show intense training regime at the Chengdu Aviation Training Institute Recruits are taught ‘the gentle art of Chinese culture and counter-terrorism’ Bizarre graduation ceremony requires trainees to break plate in single blow These Chinese flight attendants are just capable of looking after an airsick passenger as they are in deadly hand-to-hand combat.