- Title: In 'clear warning', Chinese paramilitary forces exercise near Hong Kong
- Date: 15th August 2019
- Summary: SHENZHEN, GUANGDONG PROVINCE, CHINA (AUGUST 15, 2019) (REUTERS) VARIOUS OF ARMOURED PARAMILITARY VEHICLES PARKED ON ROAD NEXT TO SHENZHEN BAY SPORTS CENTRE ARMOURED PARAMILITARY VEHICLES PARKED ON ROAD/MAN WAKING BY VARIOUS OF ARMOURED PARAMILITARY VEHICLES PARKED ON ROAD NEXT TO SHENZHEN BAY SPORTS CENTRE
- Embargoed: 29th August 2019 08:15
- Keywords: China paramilitary vehicles stadium Shenzhen Bay Sports Center
- Location: SHENZHEN, GUANGONG PROVINCE, CHINA
- City: SHENZHEN, GUANGONG PROVINCE, CHINA
- Country: China
- Topics: Conflicts/War/Peace,Civil Unrest,Editors' Choice
- Reuters ID: LVA001ASBUO1Z
- Aspect Ratio: 16:9
- Story Text: Hundreds of members of China's People's Armed Police (PAP) could be seen conducting exercises on Thursday (August 15) at a sports stadium in Shenzhen, in what an editor of a hardliner Chinese state-run publication has said is a "clear warning" to protesters in Hong Kong.
Dozens of armoured paramilitary vehicles could be seen parked outside of the Shenzhen Bay Sports Centre.
The Shenzhen stadium sits across the water from Hong Kong's rural hinterland, near a bridge straddling the border.
Troops marched in and out of the stadium, some in fatigues, some in black T-shirts and camouflage trousers.
Chinese state media have made several mentions of exercises in Shenzhen.
The U.S. State Department expressed concern on Wednesday (August 14) that the People's Armed Police could be deployed across the border in Hong Kong to break up protests wracking the city.
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