https://www.cfr.org/blog/understand-chinas-aggressive-foreign-policy-look-its-domestic-politics
One way to understand this assertive foreign policy is through the lens of China's internal politics. Soldiers of the People's Liberation Army march outside the Great Hall of the People in Beijing

https://apnews.com/article/a04291c370b64eba86e2855f1c1d94b1
So Premier Zhou Enlai wrote a letter to the secretary-general of the United Nations. "The Chinese people's exercise of their own sovereign rights in liberating their own territory," Zhou wrote, "is entirely a matter of China's internal affairs.". He went on to use that wording, "internal affairs," three more times in the letter.

https://www.reuters.com/world/chinas-us-envoy-urges-cooperation-cites-severe-challenges-2024-04-21/
"China does not gamble on the United States to lose, interfere in its internal affairs, or interfere in the U.S. election, and is willing to be a partner and friend with the United States," Xie

https://www.foreignaffairs.com/articles/united-states/2021-06-22/plot-against-china
The CCP's concerns about U.S. meddling in China's internal affairs have a direct connection to the tension between Washington and Beijing on a range of geopolitical issues, including territorial disputes in the South China Sea and finger-pointing over the origins of the virus that caused the COVID-19 pandemic. China's increasingly

https://www.reuters.com/world/china/china-us-relations-stable-despite-us-interference-chinese-official-says-2024-04-23/
"The United States stubbornly promotes the strategy of containing China, continuously adopts erroneous words and actions that interfere in China's internal affairs, smear China's image, and harm

https://global.chinadaily.com.cn/a/202206/16/WS62aa6effa310fd2b29e62f53.html
Nations reject interference in China's internal affairs. A general view of the Human Rights Council during the address of Michelle Bachelet, UN High Commissioner for Human Rights at the United Nations in Geneva, Switzerland, June 13, 2022. [Photo/Xinhua] A group of nearly 70 countries called on Tuesday for respect of sovereignty, independence

https://checkyourfact.com/2023/07/27/fact-check-china-interfere-internal-affairs/
China has been accused of interfering in the internal affairs of the U.S. For example, the U.S. Justice Department charged two Chinese nationals for operating an illegal police station and acting against Chinese dissidents, according to an April 2023 press release .

https://www.reuters.com/world/china/china-says-it-opposes-us-interference-internal-affairs-related-hong-kong-2021-07-13/
China said on Tuesday it opposed the United States interfering in its internal affairs, in response to a report that Washington will warn U.S. companies of risks of operating in Hong Kong.

https://www.mfa.gov.cn/eng/wjb_663304/zwjg_665342/zwbd_665378/202110/t20211025_9980797.html
The statement stressed that Hong Kong-, Xinjiang- and Tibet-related issues are China's internal affairs that brook no interference by any external forces, and supported China's implementation of "one country, two systems" in the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region. The joint statement also called upon all parties to respect the right of the

https://www.yahoo.com/news/analysis-chinas-internal-affairs-going-173447957.html
Either way, China's internal and external affairs are now so cross-pollinated that the relatively straightforward territorial pleas of a Zhou Enlai in 1955 — about a dispute that is still

https://www.ndtv.com/world-news/us-should-stop-interfering-in-chinas-internal-affairs-top-chinese-diplomat-2361620
China's top diplomat called on Tuesday for Beijing and Washington to put relations back on a predictable and constructive path, saying the United States should stop meddling in China's internal

http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/a/202310/18/WS652f373ba31090682a5e9237.html
MINLU ZHANG / CHINA DAILY. China's top envoy to the United Nations on Tuesday firmly opposed interference in the country's internal affairs under the pretext of human rights, winning support from

https://www.chinadaily.com.cn/a/202103/19/WS6054638ba31024ad0bab0585.html
The United States should stop its interference in China's internal affairs, and avoid confrontation between the two major countries, said a senior Chinese official here on Thursday.

http://www.ecns.cn/news/politics/2021-06-23/detail-ihannatq0281357.shtml
65 countries jointly oppose interference in China's internal affairs under pretext of human rights. 1. 2021-06-23 10:25:43 CGTN Editor : Cheng Zizhuo ECNS App Download. Belarus, on behalf of 65

https://www.fmprc.gov.cn/eng/wjdt_665385/2649_665393/202208/t20220802_10732293.html
The Taiwan question is purely an internal affair of China, and no other country is entitled to act as a judge on the Taiwan question. China strongly urges the United States to stop playing the "Taiwan card" and using Taiwan to contain China. It should stop meddling on Taiwan and interfering in China's internal affairs.

http://www.china.org.cn/world/2022-09/27/content_78439413.htm
A group of countries on Monday opposed interference in China's internal affairs under the pretext of human rights at the ongoing 51st session of the United Nations Human Rights Council.

https://news.cgtn.com/news/2022-06-15/Nearly-70-states-reject-meddling-in-China-s-internal-affairs-at-UN-1aSnjFFJM88/index.html
A group of 69 countries at the ongoing 50th session of the United Nations Human Rights Council in Geneva on Tuesday opposed exploiting human rights issues to interfere in China's internal affairs. On behalf of these countries, Cuba told the council that the affairs of Xinjiang, Hong Kong and Tibet are China's internal affairs.

https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/world/china-calls-on-u-s-to-stop-interfering-in-the-internal-affairs-of-venezuela/ar-BB1oySJd
China confirmed on Tuesday that it opposes the illegal unilateral sanctions imposed by the United States Government (USA) against Venezuela and called for an end to interference in the internal

https://www.mfa.gov.cn/eng/zxxx_662805/202307/t20230719_11115017.html
2023-07-15 09:39. On July 14, 2023 local time, Director of the Office of the Central Commission for Foreign Affairs Wang Yi attended the 13th East Asia Summit Foreign Ministers' Meeting in Jakarta. He stressed that the Taiwan question is an internal affair of China and brooks no external interference, refuting the erroneous allegation made by

https://www.reuters.com/world/china/eu-urges-china-stop-human-rights-crackdown-2024-06-17/
China on Tuesday dismissed European Union calls for it to stop alleged human rights violations and said it opposed "double standards" and interference in its internal affairs.

https://english.cctv.com/2023/04/19/ARTIeHbg7oekg8m04LJS7AI1230419.shtml
Wang said that regardless of China's strong position and the existing facts, the G7 Foreign Ministers' Meeting grossly interfered in China's internal affairs and maliciously slandered and discredited China. "The communique reflects the group's arrogance, prejudice and deliberate desire to block and contain China.

https://www.globaltimes.cn/page/202406/1314364.shtml
During these discussions, China emphasized its opposition to the politicization and double standards of human rights issues and to using such issues to interfere in China's internal affairs.

https://news.cgtn.com/news/2021-06-22/65-countries-oppose-interference-in-China-s-internal-affairs-11iQWQtEcGk/index.html
The affairs of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region (HKSAR), Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region and Tibet Autonomous Region are China's internal affairs, and the outside world should not interfere, according to the statement. Sixty-five countries support China in implementing "One Country, Two Systems" principle in the Hong Kong Special

https://news.cgtn.com/news/2021-09-24/Dozen-of-countries-oppose-interference-in-China-s-internal-affairs-13PdROeqlWg/index.html
The joint statement emphasizes that the 65 countries oppose the politicization of human rights and double standards. They also oppose unfounded allegations against China out of political motivation and based on disinformation, and reject interference in China's internal affairs under the pretext of human rights. Six member states of the Gulf

http://www.china.org.cn/world/Off_the_Wire/2024-03/14/content_117062017.htm
"The fact that the CIA was trying to undermine China's stability is not really news, as American harmful interference in China's internal affairs is plainly evident," he said.

https://www.ecns.cn/news/politics/2024-06-19/detail-ihecnypz9354773.shtml
Beijing opposes using human rights as a pretext to interfere in China's internal affairs, while it hopes to strengthen communication and cooperation with the European Union on the issue to

https://www.scmp.com/news/china/diplomacy/article/3241401/xi-biden-summit-heed-chinas-taiwan-red-line-and-everything-else-table-us-former-envoy-cui-tiankai
Accompanied by Joe Tsai, chairman of the Post and Alibaba Group Holding, Hong Kong Chief Executive John Lee Ka-chiu welcomed the participants and told them that Hong Kong was an ideal location for

https://en.gmw.cn/2024-06/20/content_37389709.htm
Delegates attend a meeting of the 56th session of the UN Human Rights Council in Geneva, Switzerland, on June 18, 2024. (Xinhua/Lian Yi) China spoke on behalf of multiple countries Wednesday in opposing the double standards of certain countries that use human rights as a pretext to interfere in the internal affairs of developing countries.

https://www.click2houston.com/news/world/2024/06/18/us-renews-warning-its-obligated-to-defend-the-philippines-after-its-new-clash-with-china-at-sea/
A new law by China, which took effect Saturday, authorizes its coast guard to seize foreign ships "that illegally enter China's territorial waters" and to detain foreign crews for up to 60 days.

https://www.theborneopost.com/2024/06/20/malaysia-china-affirm-mutual-support-for-sovereignty-security-territorial-integrity/
KUALA LUMPUR (June 20): Malaysia and China have pledged to firmly support each other in safeguarding national sovereignty, security and territorial integrity, and to adhere to the principle of non