Chinese police exercise near Hong Kong

Updated August 16 2019 - 9:33pm, first published 9:31pm
Troops from the People's Armed Police have gathered in Shenzhen near the border with Hong Kong.
Troops from the People's Armed Police have gathered in Shenzhen near the border with Hong Kong.

Members of China's paramilitary People's Armed Police have marched and practised crowd control tactics at a sports complex in Shenzhen across from Hong Kong, in what some interpreted as a threat against pro-democracy protesters in the semi autonomous territory.

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