China calls to prevent ‘colour revolution’
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Chinese President Xi Jinping has warned his Central Asian neighbors against allowing outsiders to destabilize them with “colour revolutions.”
- The statement was made during the recent SCO Summit in Samarkand.
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What is Colour revolution?
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In 2019, Beijing had said the protests in Hong Kong had taken on “colour revolution characteristics” |
- Colour revolutions refer to a series of uprisings that first began in former communist nations in Eastern Europe in the early 2000s, but are also used in reference to popular movements in the Middle East and Asia.
- Most have involved large-scale mobilisation on the streets, with demands for free elections or regime change, and calls for removal of authoritarian leaders.
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Important colour revolutions
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Why this method is criticised?
- They are said to destabilise influences to overthrow regimes in order to further their own geopolitical interests.
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