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Chinese Troop Rotation in Hong Kong Draws Unease

Chinese Troop Rotation in Hong Kong Draws Unease
China's People's Liberation Army (PLA) military vehicles move into Hong Kong in the early hours of Thursday, as China's state-run media Xinhua reported that it was a routine annual rotation, in Hong Kong on August 29, 2019. Billy H.C. Kwok/Getty Images
Frank Fang
Frank Fang
Reporter
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Beijing’s troop rotation at its army garrison in Hong Kong in the early hours on Aug. 29 was not routine, said a Hong Kong lawmaker.

At around 4 a.m. local time, China’s state-run media Xinhua announced that the overnight movement of its People’s Liberation Army (PLA) was the 22nd troop rotation since Hong Kong’s sovereignty was handed back to China in 1997. It added that it was a “normal routine annual rotation.”

Frank Fang
Frank Fang
Reporter
Frank Fang is a Taiwan-based reporter. He covers U.S., China, and Taiwan news. He holds a master's degree in materials science from Tsinghua University in Taiwan.
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