- summary
- China's MFA publishes report on global 'colour revolution' tactics naming N1 and BCSP as examples; Serbian pro-government media amplify. By Dec 2024, Vučić states on TV Happy that Chinese officials personally warned him about an impending 'colour revolution' — second foreign authority (after Russia) instrumentalized for domestic delegitimization.
- country
- Serbia
- date text
- Aug 2024
- entities
- Chinese Ministry of Foreign Affairs; Aleksandar Vučić
- entity type
- Foreign State; Senior Official
- id
- 923
- name
- Chinese Ministry of Foreign Affairs; Aleksandar Vučić
- role
- actor
- N1; Belgrade Centre for Security Policy (BCSP); CSO sector
- entity type
- CSO
- id
- 924
- name
- N1; Belgrade Centre for Security Policy (BCSP); CSO sector
- role
- target
- Chinese Ministry of Foreign Affairs; Aleksandar Vučić
- sources
- citation
- China MFA fmprc.gov.cn 09/08/2024; Politika 20/12/2024; BCSP 'Manufactured Threat' Feb 2026 p.26
- tactics
- Academic / Foreign Authority Legitimization
- label
- Academic / Foreign Authority Legitimization
- code
- TC-29
- needs review
- false
- role
- primary
- Political Authorization by State Actors
- label
- Political Authorization by State Actors
- code
- TC-02
- needs review
- false
- role
- secondary
- Academic / Foreign Authority Legitimization
- narratives
- Foreign Agent / Foreign Influence
- label
- Foreign Agent / Foreign Influence
- code
- NF-01
- needs review
- false
- role
- primary
- Destabilization Agent
- label
- Destabilization Agent
- code
- NF-06
- needs review
- false
- role
- secondary
- Foreign Agent / Foreign Influence
- campaign ids
- campaign phase
- Phase 3: Amplification
- channels
- Foreign state media
- State/National TV
- consequence category
- Social Trust Erosion
- created at
- 2026-09-24T17:50:55.358311+00:00
- date precision
- month
- escalation
- 3
- harm track
- Track 2 — Social Trust Erosion
- id
- SRB-045
- institutional consequence
- Narrative damage
- notes
- Second foreign state authority (after Russia) deployed to legitimize domestic foreign agent narrative. China's NED report names specific Serbian organizations. Vučić then personalizes it: 'the Chinese warned me.' Extends foreign authority legitimization beyond Russia.
- occurred on
- 2024-08-01
- signal ids
- trigger type
- TR-05: Foreign Authority Signal
- updated at
- 2026-09-24T17:50:55.358311+00:00
- version
- 1
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