Riot police fought back against protesters this morning as the demonstrators attacked a patrol car amid unrest during the APEC summit in Thailand.

Footage shows the crowd rocking the vehicle after vandalising it with spray paint during at a rally next to the Democracy Monument in the centre of Bangkok.

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

China despot Xi Jinping - fresh from his clash at the G20 in Bali with notoriously liberal Canadian PM Justin Trudeau - arrived for the junket and warned of '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 Xi Jinping and calling for Hong Kong to be released from the tyranny of the mainland. One person was injured during clashes with police elsewhere in the city at an anti-APEC rally on the same day.

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'.