At the SCO summit in Tianjin, Chinese leader Xi Jinping cast Beijing as a defender of “justice and fairness,” declaring: “We must uphold justice and fairness.” He added that participants should “oppose the Cold War mentality, bloc confrontation, and bullying practices.”
These remarks were widely read as aimed at President Donald Trump’s tariff-driven approach: Washington has tightened duties against China and India (for New Delhi — up to 50%), linking this to purchases of cheap Russian oil that, U.S. officials argue, refill the Kremlin’s coffers. Addressing an audience of about twenty leaders, including Vladimir Putin and Narendra Modi, Xi pledged that the SCO would promote a multilateral trading system as an alternative to unilateral restrictions.
The organization was created in 2001 as a counterbalance to Western alliances and has since expanded to include states such as Iran, Belarus, and Myanmar. The meeting served as a prelude to Beijing’s Victory Parade, which is expected to be attended by Putin, Kim Jong Un, Robert Fico, and Aleksandar Vučić.
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