Chinese State Media Repeats Allegations Blaming US for Kazakhstan Unrest

A frame grab taken on Jan. 6, 2022 from an AFPTV video made on Jan. 5, 2022, shows protesters clashing with Kazakhstan's security forces during a demonstration in the country's largest city Almaty as unprecedented unrest in the Central Asian nation spins out of control due to a hike in energy prices. ALEXANDER PLATONOV/AFPTV/AFP via Getty Images

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China’s largest media, the state-operated Reference News, has repeated allegations from Russian media sources on Jan. 6, that the United States was the force behind the unrest in Kazakhstan, which has killed dozens of protesters and at least 18 law enforcement officials.