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A summit and parade in China may signal a geopolitical shift. They might also be political jockeying
The summit featured the Shanghai Cooperation Organization's largest gathering, highlighting China's push for a Beijing-led global order amid complex regional alliances and US tensions.
- President Xi Jinping convened the Tianjin SCO summit on September 1 with Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi attending, followed by a Beijing military parade on Wednesday featuring leaders from 26 countries including Vladimir Putin and Kim Jong Un.
- Xi Jinping, Chinese President, has spent years methodically building blocs outside Washington using economic incentives like the SCO Development Bank and institutional proposals such as the Global Governance Initiative.
- Most notably, leaders adopted a lengthy SCO communique and more than 20 joint statements on AI, green industries, and trade, while Beijing signed a major gas pipeline deal with Moscow hours after the summit.
- Analysts say the gatherings were a diplomatic triumph for China, boosting Vladimir Putin's visibility and deepening ties with Russia and North Korea's Kim Jong Un, who gained rare high-level embrace.
- China is institutionalising ties via testing visa-free entry for Russian citizens and proposing SCO reforms to boost investments, yet experts warn these moves lack U.S.-level security guarantees.
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