Hong Kong: protesters wary over elite troops clearing roadblocks

Pro-democracy activists see move as effort by Beijing to intervene in HK’s affairsOn Saturday afternoon, a few dozen Chinese soldiers jogged out of their barracks in triple file line, wearing shorts and matching army green T-shirts. They cheerily joined a group of residents, clearing away road blocks set up by anti-government protesters, using brooms and plastic buckets.One of the officers of the People’s Liberation Army (PLA), when asked by a local journalist what the group were doi