Free Hong Kong protesters put up 'wanted' posters for China despot Xi Jinping after he arrived in Thailand for the region's APEC trade junket.

Demonstrators marched through the city on Friday morning as leaders from across Asia joined the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) 2022 summit which started in Bangkok on November 16.

The stunt came amid ongoing protests against the event which has seen Xi Jinping - fresh from his clash at the G20 in Bali with notoriously liberal Canadian PM Justin Trudeau - warn of a 'attempts to wage a new cold war'.

On Thursday, protesters clashed with riot police at the Asoke intersection in the centre of the Thai capital 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'.