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China “Unstoppable,” Says Xi With Kim, Putin at His Side
By James Edgar North Korean leader Kim Jong Un and Russian President Vladimir Putin flanked Chinese President Xi Jinping at a massive parade in Beijing on Wednesday, capping a week of diplomatic grandstanding by the Chinese president and his allies against ...
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SCO Summit Review: Xi, Modi & Putin Present a United Front
This week's Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO) summit in Tianjin signaled China’s ambition to redefine global governance. Leaders from more than 20 countries endorsed the Tianjin Declaration, pressing for a multipolar order, tighter security cooperation, and expanded economic integration.
China’s President Xi Jinping delivers a speech at a reception in the Great Hall of People, following a military parade marking the 80th anniversary of victory over Japan and the end of World War II, in Beijing on September 3, 2025. (Photo by Jade Gao / AFP)
By James Edgar North Korean leader Kim Jong Un and Russian President Vladimir Putin flanked Chinese President Xi Jinping at a massive parade in Beijing on Wednesday, capping a week of diplomatic grandstanding by the Chinese president and his allies against the West.
Xi Pushes for Security Boost in Pakistan
Chinese President Xi Jinping increased pressure on Pakistan to ensure the safety of Chinese personnel working in the country during a meeting with Pakistani Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif on the sidelines of the Shanghai Cooperation Organization summit. Chinese work teams ...
China’s Military Parade Cements Superpower Optics
China displayed a vast array of advanced weapons during a large military parade to mark the 80th commemoration of World War II. The parade snaked down Chang'an Avenue in central Beijing. President Xi Jinping delivered a speech on Tiananmen Square and inspected the soldiers from a parade ...
Kim, Putin at Xi’s Side for Massive China Military Parade
By James Edgar North Korean leader Kim Jong Un and Russia's Vladimir Putin arrived Wednesday morning ahead of a massive parade in Beijing to cap a week of diplomatic grandstanding by President Xi Jinping and his allies against the West.
Indonesian Leader U-Turns on China Visit Despite Deadly Protests
Indonesian President Prabowo Subianto will visit China for a military parade commemorating 80 years since the end of World War II on Wednesday, after earlier cancelling his trip over deadly domestic protests stoked by the death of a young delivery driver. ...
Xi Launches Global Governance Initiative
In addition to China’s President Xi Jinping’s diplomatic blitz at the Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO) summit and this week’s upcoming military parade, he also launched the Global Governance initiative. It is the latest - and possibly the most prominent - of a series of initiatives that emblematize China’s ...
Commitment Tracker: What Xi Promised at SCO Summit
This year’s Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO) summit will likely be remembered for its optics dominated by embullient hugs between China’s President Xi Jinping, India’s Prime Minister Narendra Modi, and Russian President Vladimir Putin, as well as the launch of the Global Governance Initiative.
Erdogan Pitches Closer Alignment Between Türkiye’s Middle Corridor and China’s Belt and Road
In his first visit to China in five years, Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan proposed that Ankara's Middle Corridor trade route more closely align with the Belt and Road Initiative (BRI). The Middle Corridor is a Turkish-backed multi-modal trade route that ...
Top Xi Deputy Takes Unexpectedly High Profile Role at SCO
One of Chinese President Xi Jinping's closest aides, Cai Qi, was uncharacteristically prominent in high-level discussions with visiting leaders this weekend on the sidelines of the Shanghai Cooperation Organization summit in Tianjin. Cai, Director of the Chinese Communist Party's General Office ...
Southeast Asia Attends SCO Summit as Xi Proposes New Bank
Five Southeast Asian leaders attended the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation (SCO) summit in Tianjin on Monday. China used the event to push for a bigger economic role for the bloc, proposing new tools such as a development bank and more lending for members.
Economics, Not Politics Are Driving Modi Closer to China, Says Scholar
There's been a lot of speculation as to why, after 4-5 years of bitter feuding, China and India are now deciding that the time is right to reconcile. The narrative in the U.S. and Europe focuses on the role of Donald Trump and his torpedoing of the ...
After Years of Acrimony, Xi and Modi Signal a Thaw: ‘Partners, Not Rivals’
"Partners not rivals" was the key message that emerged from highly anticipated talks between Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Chinese President Xi Jinping on the sidelines of the Shanghai Cooperation Organization summit in Tianjin. The two leaders, both under mounting pressure ...
Putin Defends Ukraine Invasion at China Summit, Blames West
Russian President Vladimir Putin sought on Monday to defend his Ukraine offensive to Moscow's allies, blaming the West for triggering the three-and-a-half year war that has killed tens of thousands and devastated much of eastern Ukraine. "This crisis was not triggered ...