Dozens of Chinese armored vehicles were parked at a stadium in Hong Kong's neighboring city, where the Chinese military was seen conducting exercises.
On Monday afternoon, Chinese state-owned English tabloid the Global Times tweeted a video showing the People's Armed Police assembling in Shenzhen, a city bordering Hong Kong, about a 1.5 hour drive away.
Members of the medical profession gather to protest against Hong Kong police brutality at Queen Elizabeth Hospital on August 13, 2019 in Hong Kong, China.China is "implying they might send in the People's Liberation Army or issue direct intervention but they don't want to," according to Ben Bland, a director at Sydney-based policy think tank Lowy Institute.
Hong Kong's former governor, Chris Patten, said on Tuesday that if China intervened in the city, it would be a "catastrophe" and that Chinese PresidentPatten called on British Prime Minister Boris Johnson to garner support from its allies to ensure Beijing does not intervene. However, China rejected what it called a "wrongful statement" by the U.N. and said that it was sending "the wrong signal to violent criminal offenders". China's mission to the U.N. in Geneva called out the protesters' destruction of public facilities, blocking of public transportation, and use of lethal weapons, "showing a tendency of resorting to terrorism".
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