Chinese Military Police Are Still Barracked In A Stadium A Few Kilometers Away From Hong Kong

Chinese servicemen attend a crowd control exercise at the Shenzhen Bay Sports Center in Shenzhen across the bay from Hong Kong. One of the soldiers is carrying a huge fork, which may also be electric, to be used in crowd control

The Guardian: Chinese military police poised for action over Hong Kong protests

Armed troops are barracked in a stadium in Shenzen, where citizens seem to back them

There was an uneasy sense of calm on Sunday in Shenzhen, the Chinese city on the other side of the bay from Hong Kong where hundreds of troops from the People’s Armed Police [PAP] have been deployed in a show of force that the government in Beijing has called an anti-terrorism manoeuvre.

The troops, some of whom could be seen milling around the Shenzen Bay sports stadium where they are currently barracked, await word on whether they will be ordered to cross and quell what has been a mix of violent anti-government unrest and peaceful protest over the past 11 weeks in the former British colony.

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Update: Is this picture proof China is preparing an assault on Hong Kong? Photos appear to show growing military presence in territory -- Daily Mail

WNU Editor: It looks like they are going to stay there for a while.