Satellite photos appear to show Chinese APCs near Hong Kong

A satellite image appears to show Chinese military vehicles at Shenzhen Bay Sports Center in Shenzhen, China, August 12, 2019. Picture taken August 12, 2019. (Satellite image ©2019 Maxar Technologies/Handout via Reuters)

This satellite image captured on Monday, Aug. 12, 2019, provided by Satellite image ©2019 Maxar Technologies appears to show Chinese security force vehicles inside the Shenzen Bay Sports Center in the southern Chinese city of Shenzhen, bordering Hong Kong. (Satellite image ©2019 Maxar Technologies via AP)

Chaos erupted at Hong Kong’s airport for a second day on August 13, 2019 as pro-democracy protesters staged a disruptive sit-in that paralyzed hundreds of flights, defying warnings from the city’s leader who said they were heading down a “path of no return.” (AFP/Manan Vatsyayana)

• Images appear to show a large build up of military vehicles close to the Hong Kong border
• Some interpreted the movement of military vehicles as a threat from Beijing

HONG KONG: Satellite photos show what appear to be armored personnel carriers and other vehicles belonging to the China’s paramilitary People’s Armed Police parked in a sports complex in the city of Shenzhen.
Some have interpreted it as a threat from Beijing to use increased force against pro-democracy protesters across the border in Hong Kong.
The pictures collected on Monday by Maxar’s WorldView show 500 or more vehicles sitting on and around the soccer stadium at the Shenzhen Bay Sports Center just across the harbor from Asian financial hub that has been rocked by more than two months of demonstrations.
Chinese state media have said only the exercises had been planned before and were not directly related to the unrest.
Beijing says the protests were beginning to show the “sprouts of terrorism.”
Tweets posted on Tuesday appeared to show video footage from inside the stadium.

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— Alex (@ascottpedersen) August 12, 2019