China rights monitors suspend work, lay off staff after U.S. aid freeze

* Many NGOs have grown reliant on US funding for monitoring
* NGOs forced to seek alternative funding
* Xi Jinping has overseen sweeping crackdown of human rights
* China has blamed US for fomenting ‘colour revolutions’

Further reading:

[https://www.nytimes.com/2025/02/14/world/asia/us-rights-groups-doge-cuts-china.html](https://www.nytimes.com/2025/02/14/world/asia/us-rights-groups-doge-cuts-china.html)

!ping China&Democracy (for human rights).

[live Xi Jinping reaction](https://i.imgur.com/CoVZ9ll.jpeg)