Protesters danced as a live band played anti-establishment songs at a rally against the APEC summit today in Bangkok, Thailand.

Footage shows the crowd gathered close to the Victory Monument following earlier clashes with police at the Asoke intersection, opposite the Soi Cowboy red-light strip where they criticized the military government.

They were joined by anti-China protesters carrying Winnie the Pooh teddies mocking Peking despot Xi Jinping who is headed to Bangkok from Indonesia today, November 17, following his clash with Canadian PM Justin Trudeau at the G20 summit in Bali, Indonesia, on Wednesday.

One person was injured during clashes with police elsewhere in the city at an anti-APEC rally at Bangkok's Democracy Monument. Footage showed officers in riot gear seizing the group's banners and equipment.

In a joint statement, the anti-government groups Thalufah and Ratsadon said they will be staging rallies denouncing the APEC summit.

They said: 'This summit has only government authorities and representatives from big-name capitalists that monopolize the industries.

'The APEC agreement would bind Thailand to pressure from other countries to implement policies that only benefit venture capitalists, while the public cannot access these benefits at all.'

The groups have secured a permit to hold protests at Lan Khon Muang, but were barred from gathering at the summit venue or the APEC delegates' hotels.

Bangkok Governor Chadchart Sittipunt has asked the demonstrators to refrain from disrupting the convention.
Thailand will be hosting the APEC summit this year, with world leaders gathering at Bangkok's Queen Sirikit National Convention Center between November 18 to 19.

The Council on Foreign Relations (CFR) stated that China's treatment of Uyghurs in Xinjiang had lead to the 'United States and several other foreign governments' branding China's actions in Xinjiang as 'genocide'.

The United Nations human rights office warned that the actions could 'constitute crimes against humanity'.