China up close November 25, 2019

	Xi's elite soldiers 'clean the streets' of Hong Kong When the gates abruptly opened  at the People's Liberation Army barracks in Hong Kong on Nov.  16, and about 100 shaven-headed  and powerfully built men sprang  out to clean the streets, a senior officer made sure to tell the medi a there that it was a  spontaneous act. But there was nothing spontaneous  to what the PLA, the military  of the Chinese Communist Party,  did that day. Some soldiers had "Special Forces" emblazoned on the back of  their shirts, flaunting their  association. China made sure  the world knew that its elite  troops were now in  Hong Kong.
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