Shenzhen police broadcast live footage of a security exercise involving 12,000 officers rehearsing anti-riot drills. Photo: Weibo

Chinese police mass 12,000 anti-riot officers in Shenzhen for drill

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Topic | China military

Phoebe Zhang

Published: 2:31pm, 6 Aug, 2019

Updated: 4:08am, 7 Aug, 2019

Shenzhen police broadcast live footage of a security exercise involving 12,000 officers rehearsing anti-riot drills. Photo: Weibo

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Phoebe Zhang

Phoebe Zhang is a society reporter with the South China Morning Post. She likes to write human-interest stories and has written many about people living on the fringes of society. She believes there's no story or person that's too small.