China will host the SCO Summit in Tianjin from August 31 to September 1 with an unusually large turnout of leaders and organisation heads. Narendra Modi will visit China for the first time since 2018 amid a rapprochement accelerated by US tariffs on Indian goods, prompting New Delhi to deepen ties with Beijing and Eurasian partners. Analysts expect China to use the summit to project stability and foster unity among Global South countries as a counterweight to Western, especially US, influence. Beijing describes the event as one of its most important head-of-state, home-court diplomatic occasions this year.
At a time when much of the world is grappling with the chaos unleashed by Trump's tariffs and threats, analysts expect the SCO conclave to serve as a platform for Xi to project his country as a stabilising force, capable of uniting the Global South to counterbalance the West, particularly the US. China's Assistant Foreign Minister Liu Bin told a news conference in Beijing last week that the summit would be one of China's most important head-of-state and home-court diplomatic events this year.
China is the host of this year's SCO Summit which takes place in Tianjin from August 31 to September 1. No mountain or ocean can distance people who have shared aspirations, China's President Xi Jinping said in July 2024, addressing leaders from fellow Shanghai Cooperation Organisation member states, and a few other nations, in Astana, Kazakhstan. At the time, the ancient Chinese saying in Xi's speech seemed over the top, and divorced from reality:
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