The SCO summit is changing the world order in opposition to the United States. What the media is writing
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The Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO) summit is taking place in China. The event with the participation of 20 leaders, including Russian President Vladimir Putin, showed the countries' intention to abandon the current world order led by the United States. One of the important events of the summit was the rapprochement between China and India. What the world media write about the event is in the Izvestia digest.
The Washington Post: Xi unites leaders against the established US order
Chinese President Xi Jinping welcomed a large group of foreign dignitaries to the summit, which he hopes will unite regional powers in their shared discontent with the US-led world order and President Donald Trump's policies. Russian President Vladimir Putin, Belarusian President Alexander Lukashenko and Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi are among the 20 foreign leaders taking part in the two-day summit of the Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO) in Tianjin.
The Washington Post
The Forum is a key element of China's campaign to gain the status of a reliable partner and counterbalance the unpredictability of the United States in an increasingly multipolar world. In particular, Modi's presence — his first visit to the country in seven years — is an important milestone in Beijing's attempts to mend relations with an influential U.S. partner alienated by Trump's tariffs.
On Sunday, Xi Jinping approved applications for full membership in the SCO of Azerbaijan and Armenia, neighbors in the South Caucasus. Many high-ranking guests will stay this week for a large military parade in Beijing dedicated to the 80th anniversary of victory in World War II. North Korean leader Kim Jong-un, despite his absence from Tianjin, will join Putin and Xi Jinping at the podium overlooking Tiananmen Square during the September 3 parade.
The New York Times: Xi demonstrates China's global potential
The SCO summit with the participation of more than 20 leaders, followed by a military parade in Beijing with a demonstration of the latest Chinese missiles and combat aircraft, is not just an ostentatious event. It demonstrates how Xi Jinping is trying to turn history, diplomacy, and military might into tools for rebuilding the United States-dominated world order.
The New York Times
"The success of Xi Jinping's foreign policy strategy is reflected in the succession of leaders coming to China," said Jonathan Jing, a fellow at the Brookings Institution who previously worked at the CIA and analyzed Chinese politics. "Indeed, today Xi Jinping probably feels surrounded by visiting heads of state rather than besieged by the United States and its allies and partners."
Until recently, Beijing's proximity to Moscow was the reason for pressure from Washington. However, this tension seems to have partially subsided. US President Donald Trump himself received Putin in Alaska this month. Now Xi Jinping has apparently proved his point in supporting Putin, and analysts say the leaders will use the Tianjin summit to promote a vision of a world in which the United States is less dominant.
Reuters: Xi and Putin exchanged visions of a new world order
During the SCO summit, Xi Jinping called the common market of the countries of the association "mega-scale", which can be used to create a new world order. He called for an equal and orderly multipolarity of the world, inclusive economic globalization, and the promotion of a more just and equitable global governance system by intensifying cooperation in energy, science, and artificial intelligence.
Reuters
Putin said the association had revived "genuine multilateralism," with national currencies increasingly being used in mutual settlements. "This, in turn, lays the political and socio-economic foundation for the formation of a new system of stability and security in Eurasia," he said.
Xi Jinping called on the organization's partners to "stand up against the cold War mentality and block confrontation" and support multilateral trading systems. This was a clear reference to Trump's tariff war, which disproportionately affected emerging economies such as India. He added that this year China will provide gratuitous assistance to the SCO member states in the amount of 2 billion yuan, as well as another 10 billion yuan in loans to the SCO banking consortium.
Bloomberg: Modi strengthens ties with China and Russia despite Trump
Modi used his first trip to China in seven years to repair relations with India's powerful neighbor, as well as try to strengthen ties with Russia, while Trump escalates tensions with New Delhi. Modi held talks with Xi Jinping, and they promised to be partners, not rivals. On September 1, Modi met with Putin amid intense attention to relations between the two countries.
Bloomberg
Modi is seeking to support India's economy in the face of the tariffs imposed by Trump, reducing taxes to increase domestic spending while finding new markets for his goods. The United States is India's largest export market, and economists such as Citigroup estimate that the tariffs will reduce annual growth by 0.8 percentage points.
Before his trip to China, Modi paid a two-day visit to Japan, where he received a promise of investments of up to $68 billion from Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba. The investment is part of a broader economic security pact encompassing cooperation in the fields of semiconductors, mission-critical minerals, and artificial intelligence.
Associated Press: Xi and Modi promised to resolve border differences
Xi Jinping and Modi promised to resolve their border differences and strengthen cooperation ahead of the opening of the SCO summit. This is the first visit to China for the Indian Prime Minister after relations between the two countries deteriorated due to the bloody clashes between Chinese and Indian soldiers in 2020. Earlier in August, the head of Chinese diplomacy, Wang Yi, flew to New Delhi, after which the governments of the countries agreed to resume negotiations on the border, visa issuance and direct flights.
Associated Press
In his opening remarks, Modi said that relations with China had moved in a "significant direction," adding that "after the withdrawal of troops, a peaceful situation prevails on the borders." He also noted "the importance of peace and tranquility in the border areas for the further development of bilateral relations," the Indian Ministry of Foreign Affairs said in a statement.
Xi Jinping expressed hope that the meeting in Tianjin would "further elevate" bilateral relations to a higher level and "contribute to their sustainable, healthy and stable development." Both sides should not "allow the border issue to determine the overall relationship between China and India," adding that economic development should be at the center of their attention.
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