Beijing: Thousands of Chinese riot police staged a drill just across the border from Hong Kong, in what appeared to be a thinly veiled warning from Beijing about its ability to end two months of protests in the global financial hub.
The exercise, which took place on Tuesday in Shenzhen – a city in southern China that borders the semi-autonomous city – instantly attracted online attention given the close resemblance between the drill and the ongoing clashes in adjacent Hong Kong.
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