American trade war, relations between Indo -Chinese at Sco Summit in Tianjin | Politics News

Russian President Vladimir Putin and Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi are among more than 20 world leaders who are attending Shanghai Cooperation Organization Summit, which is now the largest regional group in the world by the population.

On Sunday and Monday, the bloc from Beijing will be held in the northern Chinese city of Tianjin, which combines a variety of power brokers from all over Asia, Europe and the Middle East.

Founded by China, Russia, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan and Uzbekistan in 2001, the summit has turned focus over the past two decades of Central Asian concerns to global matters.

More importantly, SCO has become an essential part of the “parallel international government structure” in China, said Eric Holander, editor -in -chief of the Southern Project in China.

While Beijing assumes the second largest superpower in the world, SCO has created spaces for dialogue and cooperation outside the United States’ international system. “.

While the summit in Tianjin is largely symbolic, it is a valuable opportunity for the plural International leaders and bureaucrats Holander said in a forum where they can share “common grievances”.

Through the assembly, it is scheduled to be overwhelmed by the war of US President Donald Trump against most of the world – including many traditional allies in Washington – that the attendees may have a more common ground.

The guests from Putin, required for war crimes by the International Criminal Court, ranges to the authoritarian leader in Belarus Alexander Lukashenko and UN Secretary -General Antonio Guterres.

Many attendees also have long competitions and border conflicts, such as India with PakistanIndia with China and Saudi Arabia with Iran and Central Asia with China and Russia.

“There are complex dynamics in playing here,” said Olander.

“Under the happy family photo a lot of looking at the shoulders,” he said.

“Swing Countries”

Sco has Her membership expanded In recent years, political weights such as India, Pakistan, Iran and Belarusia include full members, with Afghanistan and Mongolia joining as observers.

The official “dialogue partners” grew into 14 countries, including the United Arab Emirates and the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, Turkey, Qatar, Kambodia, Myanmar and Sri Lanka.

The summit will also display in Southeast Asia, an Olander -like region with “swinging countries” in the great power competition between the United States and China.

He will attend five heads of a state from the region, including Anwar Ibrahim Al -Malaysi and Brabu Subanto, as well as the Secretary -General of ASEAN Ko Kim Horn.

Claus Sutg, an analyst at the Mercy Institute for China Studies in India, who has not met seven years ago, said that observers will closely see the dynamics between Chinese President Xi Jinping and the Indian Moody, who had not met seven years ago.

India was traditionally an ally of Washington, but it was exposed to this week by a 50 percent tariff of Trump as a penalty for its continuous purchase of Russian oil.

The White House says that India’s trade helps to maintain the Russian economy standing in full swing despite international sanctions, and with it, Russia’s war on Ukraine.

But the common threat to American definitions helped improve the relations between New Delhi and Beijing, which decreased in 2020 due to fatal skirmishes between the border forces in the Himalayas.

The two sides reached a deal on the remote border in 2024, but their relationship remained lukewarm.

Analysts say China believes that Trump’s trade war is an opportunity to reduce India from the US -led political and military blocs such as Quad, a strategic security forum that includes Japan and Australia in addition to India and the United States.

“The key is to consider how China (distinguished) is distinguished by its relationship with India after the visit and how the relationship between China and India is improved,” Song said to the island.

He said that the accurate changes in the language by Beijing carry important diplomatic references.

The Sco Summit will also represent the first meeting between a brutal Putin since the Russian leader met with President Trump in Alaska earlier this month to discuss the Ukraine war.

Analysts will listen to similar changes in the language of how the two leaders describe the relationship of China and Russian.

In 2022, it occurred just weeks before the invasion of Moscow, Ukraine, China and Russia, a “boundary partnership” signed, and Xi has played a vital role in supporting the Russian economy since then.

This is a point of disagreement for New Delhi, as China has done much more to support Russia economically since the war began, but it has not faced similar sanctions from Trump.

With a lot of dynamics behind the scenes, Daniel Balzz, a researcher on China at the College of International Studies in Singapore in Singapore, said that the most likely result of Sco will be a joint statement from all those present.

China and Russia are expected to pay the conversation points like their opposition to “Al -Ahd” – an encrypted sign to the United States – but most of the language will be heated to make it palatable to everyone.

“The symbolism of achieving a joint statement is more important than the content of the statement itself.”

He said: “What I expect is to have a very controversial statement, in order to make everyone on board.”

“Security and stability, comments on improving economic cooperation, and two comments on the importance of pluralism,” said Palazas.

Police officers stand a guard in front of the Tiannmen Gate, in a temporary closed area for visitors due to construction, before a military parade specifying the eighties of the end of World War II, in Beijing, China, on August 20, 2025 (Florence E/Reuters)

After the summit, the guests will have a full day in China before traveling to Beijing at a huge military parade on September 3, 80 years since the end of World War II in Asia.

Olander of the China-Global South project, on September 2-said it will be a major time for bilateral meetings.

“Who will meet on the second of September – this is something attention to him,” he said.

More heads of the country are scheduled to attend the offer the next day, as it is said that the additions include North Korean leader Kim Jong Un, Serbian President Alexander Fotic and Slovak Prime Minister Robert Fico.

It is not expected that the Indian Moody will remain in the show, although analysts say he might send an actor, such as the Foreign Minister.

Song said the Miratur Institute that the list of the vast guests of the summit and the military procession will give Beijing a boost to its public image, especially among the global south.

“This is how China shows the circle of its boyfriend – which can be a friend of China and who wants to support China’s novel,” he said.