- China's People's Daily released the clip on its social media account today
- It captures armoured vehicles entering a 'service area' one after another
- The post warned armed police are entitled to deal with 'riots and terror attacks'
- China today slammed Hong Kong protests and linked them to 'terrorism'
- Footage emerged after the city was rocked by another weekend of clashes
- Protesters rallied at the airport today and authority had to cancel all flights
- A Beijing military chief in Hong Kong previously said troops were ready
China's state-run newspaper People's Daily today released a video that appears to show military vehicles being mobilised to a mainland city bordering Hong Kong.
The clip captures armoured fighting vehicles entering a 'service area' one after another while other military vehicles were travelling on a highway.
The news outlet said the footage had emerged on social media today without commenting on its authenticity.
However, the paper warned that Chinese law gives the country's People's Armed Police Force the right to deal with riots, chaos, serious violent incidents, terrorist attacks and other incidents regarding social security.
China's state-run People's Daily today released a video of military vehicles being mobilised
The post claimed that the vehicles were gathering at Shenzhen which borders Hong Kong
The newspaper also warned that armed police forces are entitled to deal with riots, chaos, serious violent incidents, terrorist attacks and other incidents regarding social security
The post coincided with a statement from Beijing, which linked the Hong Kong protests to 'terrorism'.
A spokesperson from China's Hong Kong and Macau affairs office today condemned violent demonstrators who had thrown petrol bombs at police officers during new clashes over the weekend.
The 53-second video was posted by People's Daily, the mouthpiece of China's Communist Party, on its official account on Weibo, the Chinese equivalent to Twitter.
China's Guancha.cn reported that the footage was taken on August 10 by residents of Shenzhen, which shares a 22-mile-long border with Hong Kong.
Shenzhen residents suspected the military vehicles had arrived to participate in a series of drills, the report said.
All remaining flights out of Hong Kong International Airport on Monday have been cancelled after protesters swarmed to a terminal building to stage a sit-in. Pictured, demonstrators surround banners that read: 'Those charge to the street on today is brave!' (centre top) and 'Release all the detainees!' during the peaceful rally at the arrival hall of the airport today
Last week, police authorities in Shenzhen carried out a large-scale anti-riot drill involving 12,000 officers in an apparent warning to pro-democracy protesters across the border.
The staged clash featured brick-hurling rioters played by actors as well as heavily armed police officers who used a new type of tear gas to disperse 'protesters'.
The newly developed tear gas canisters are capable of dispersing a larger crowd in a bigger area, according to Chinese police.
Although People's Daily did not share more details of the video, their posts usually reflect the stand of China's ruling Communist party.
Previously, various other videos which claimed to show an impending military crackdown on Hong Kong have been debunked, including one clip on Twitter that claims to show military tanks entering Hong Kong.
The video was believed to be taken in a train station in Longyan in Fujian Province, which is hundreds of miles away from the financial hub.
The chief of Chinese military in Hong Kong has previously warned that his troops were determined to safeguard national sovereignty in his first response to the city's ongoing protests.
Chen Daoxiang, the commander of the People's Liberation Army's Hong Kong garrison, added that the unrest should not be tolerated and his 'heroic' troops resolutely support Hong Kong police 'to enforce law strictly and justly'.
The Chinese People's Liberation Army (PLA) also released a three-minute propaganda video, which shows heavily armed soldiers carrying out a series of live-fire anti-riot drills featuring tanks, huge cannons, attack helicopters and missiles. An accompanying post said soldiers were 'preparing for war'.
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