Chinese troop movement into Hong Kong prompts unease

Movements, which have been portrayed as a scheduled troop rotation, come days ahead of anti-government protests

Chinese military vehicles have been seen moving across the border into Hong Kong, in what the military said were regular troop movements, as fears rose that the city could see a Beijing-led crackdown after months of political unrest.

Following witness reports of the movements in the early hours of Thursday, state-run news agency Xinhua released a report that the Hong Kong Garrison of the Chinese People's Liberation Army (PLA) was making a scheduled rotation and that it was an "annual normal routine".