China hits out at United States for ‘stirring up colour revolutions and chaos’ to ‘under banner of human rights’ in apparent reference to Xinjiang camps and Hong Kong protests
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A senior Chinese diplomat has accused the United States of being a “source of chaos” by trying to instigate colour revolutions – the term given to popular resistance movements that emerged in the early 2000s – to topple regimes in other countries.
“Some countries are making colour revolutions all over the place to force regime change under the banner of human rights,” Ma said, referring to various protest movements in former Soviet bloc countries in the early 2000s.
“This has led to conflicts and instability, and one humanitarian crisis after another. This is an important source of chaos in the world today.”
China has accused the US of fomenting months of mass anti-government demonstrations in Hong Kong, refusing to recognise protesters’ demands for direct elections for the city’s leader and legislature.