Free Hong Kong protesters holding Winnie the Pooh teddies mocking Peking despot Xi Jinping took part in rallies today against the APEC 2022 junket in Bangkok, Thailand.

The demonstrators gathered at the Asoke intersection as they slammed the 'genocidal' state's 'One China Policy'. The beloved cartoon character has been censored in notoriously authoritarian anti-free speech China after locals used him to poke fun at their president.

Chinese state media reported that Xi Jinping 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.

The protest came as one person was injured during clashes on the same day with police 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'.