China accused the US of stoking global unrest as it opened its premier military forum, casting President Xi Jinping as a force for stability in an address to defense chiefs and experts largely from the Global South.

“Certain countries keep stirring up trouble around the world,” said Zhang Youxia, vice chair of the nation’s top military body, on Monday in a veiled swipe at the US. “They deliberately create turbulence, meddle in regional affairs, interfere in other countries’ internal affairs and instigate color revolutions.”