10-06-2019, 09:19 AM
** 06-Oct-2019 World View: PLA in Hong Kong threatens protesters
Since 1997, the Hong Kong Garrison is a group of several thousand PLA
(People's "Liberation" Army) soldiers who are stationed in Hong Kong,
in the Kowloon district adjacent to the mainland, but are meant to be
"invisible." They are confined to barracks, where they wear their
uniforms, but are not permitted to wear their uniforms in public.
They've never left their barracks in uniform in the 22 years they've
been stationed in Hong Kong, but they're prepared to emerge and take
military action if ordered to do so.
So it's significant that the PLA soldiers in the barracks are now
making themselves felt. According to several reports:
Cantonese is the language of southern China, where previous massive
rebellions (Taiping Rebellion and Communist Revolution) began, to
attack the Mandarin-speaking north.
---- Source:
-- Hong Kong / Warning issued to protesters from PLA barracks
https://news.rthk.hk/rthk/en/component/k...191006.htm
(RadioTVHK, 6-Oct-2019)
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** http://www.generationaldynamics.com/pg/x...tm#e190622
Since 1997, the Hong Kong Garrison is a group of several thousand PLA
(People's "Liberation" Army) soldiers who are stationed in Hong Kong,
in the Kowloon district adjacent to the mainland, but are meant to be
"invisible." They are confined to barracks, where they wear their
uniforms, but are not permitted to wear their uniforms in public.
They've never left their barracks in uniform in the 22 years they've
been stationed in Hong Kong, but they're prepared to emerge and take
military action if ordered to do so.
So it's significant that the PLA soldiers in the barracks are now
making themselves felt. According to several reports:
Quote: "Men wearing helmets raised a flag from on top of one
of the buildings in the army compound, warning those below that
they were violating the law and could be prosecuted.
Footage taken by RTHK shows strong flashlights were also shone
from the barracks at the protesters on Waterloo Road. ...
Posts on social media also suggested that a warning was shouted at
protesters from the barracks, in Cantonese."
Cantonese is the language of southern China, where previous massive
rebellions (Taiping Rebellion and Communist Revolution) began, to
attack the Mandarin-speaking north.
---- Source:
-- Hong Kong / Warning issued to protesters from PLA barracks
https://news.rthk.hk/rthk/en/component/k...191006.htm
(RadioTVHK, 6-Oct-2019)
---- Related Articles:
** 2-Oct-19 World View -- Teenage protester shot by policeman in Hong Kong's worst day of violence
** http://www.generationaldynamics.com/pg/x...tm#e191002
** 22-Jun-19 World View -- Hong Kong protests show historic split between northern and southern China
** http://www.generationaldynamics.com/pg/x...tm#e190622
