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29/08/19

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Originally posted by rohop: ↑

The news is saying that it is a regular troop movement, however one would need to be wary. This is reported in the NYT, the Guardian and some Asian papers - nothing in the smh or Australian, BBC or CNN as yet.

Chinese military vehicles have been seen moving across the border intoHong Kong, in what the military said were regular troop movements, as fears rose that the city could see a Beijing-led crackdown after months of political unrest.
Following witness reports of the movements in the early hours of Thursday, state-run news agency Xinhua released a report that the Hong Kong Garrison of the Chinese People’s Liberation Army (PLA) was makinga scheduled rotationand that it was an “annual normal routine”.
The images published by Xinhua showed armoured carriers and trucks carrying troops at the border, and a naval vessel arriving in Hong Kong.
In the previous two rotations – in 2017 and 2018 – state media reports noted that the number of troops and equipment had not changed. This year the report does not include that detail. It is estimated there are between 8,000 and 10,000 troops in the garrison, on either side of the border.
The movements come before a major anti-government demonstration planned for Saturday, as Hong Kong nears its third month of mass protests. On Thursday, the organiser of the demonstration, Civil Human Rights Front, received notice that police had banned the event.

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PLA have a scheduled rotation every year. From 2001, the rotation date always on 25th Nov. Another question you shall ask, What is the purpose of sending such a large amount of Military vehicles?
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