#China is stepping up efforts in flood control as continuous heavy downpours have lashed vast stretches of the country along its Yangtze River since June. As of Thursday, the #Chinese People’s Liberation Army and the People’s Armed Police Force had dispatched troops to over 3,700 #flood relief operations by July 28, helping evacuate more than 130,000 residents affected by the unprecedented floods, according to the Ministry of National Defense. #Chinafloods2020
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The police are a constituted body of persons empowered by a state, with the aim to enforce the law, to ensure the safety, health and possessions of citizens, and to prevent crime and civil disorder. Their lawful powers include arrest and the use of force legitimized by the state via the monopoly on violence.