At any given moment they are many government sponsored acts occurring to topple-destabilize-stabilize-manipulate-pressure-influence-prop up regimes all around the world.
Most of them will never see the lights of day, they are "black ops" where the dots will never be connected in a public way. It not just the US. Many countries do this, even China, which you have an oddly high opinion of. The world is a scary place, man.