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Chinese military personnel parade near Hong Kong border

Trucks and armoured personnel carriers are seen outside the Shenzhen Bay stadium in Shenzhen, bordering Hong Kong in China’s southern Guangdong province on August 15, 2019. (AFP)

Updated 15 August 2019

AFP

August 15, 2019 04:41

Chinese military personnel parade near Hong Kong border

Updated 15 August 2019

AFP

August 15, 2019 04:41

SHENZHEN: Thousands of Chinese military personnel paraded at a sports stadium in a city across the border from Hong Kong on Thursday, an AFP reporter witnessed.
Armored vehicles were also inside the stadium in Shenzhen, with the drill taking place as fears rise that China may intervene to end 10 weeks of unrest in Hong Kong.