3 d. ago Foreign leaders ride the rapid rails of China’s tech prowess after SCO summit

A slew of foreign leaders took China’s signature high-speed railway from the northern port city of Tianjin to Beijing on Monday and Tuesday, having departed from the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation (SCO) summit to attend a Victory Day parade. Seven state leaders arrived on Monday night: President of Belarus Aleksandr Lukashenko, Prime Minister of Pakistan Shehbaz Sharif, President of Kazakhstan Kassym-Jomart Tokayev, President of Uzbekistan Shavkat Mirziyoyev, President of the Maldives Mohamed...

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4 d. ago Chinese President Xi hosts world leaders at the SCO summit in China

Chinese President Xi hosts world leaders at the SCO summit in China  NBC News

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4 d. ago 6 takeaways from Shanghai Cooperation Organisation summit opening

Chinese President Xi Jinping called on members of the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation (SCO) to uphold international fairness and justice while pursuing mutually beneficial economic and cultural cooperation. Xi made the remarks at the official meeting of the SCO leaders during their annual summit in China’s northern city of Tianjin on Monday. Alongside a keynote speech by Xi, leaders from Belarus, India, Iran, Kazakhstan, Pakistan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, Uzbekistan and Russia gave...

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4 d. ago A look at the world leaders attending China’s SCO summit and military parade

A look at the world leaders attending China’s SCO summit and military parade  AP News

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4 d. ago At summit, China’s Xi announces talent scheme, calls for SCO development bank

This live blog has been made freely available as a public service to our readers. Please consider supporting SCMP’s journalism by subscribing. New users who download our updated app get a seven-day free trial. China is hosting the annual Shanghai Cooperation Organisation (SCO) summit in the northern port city of Tianjin, to be attended by dozens of world leaders and chiefs of international organisations. On Monday, President Xi Jinping kicked off the official meeting with leaders of SCO member...

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4 d. ago China’s Xi pushes SCO bank as Putin deflects Ukraine blame – as it happened

This live blog has been made freely available as a public service to our readers. Please consider supporting SCMP’s journalism by subscribing. New users who download our updated app get a seven-day free trial. China is hosting the annual Shanghai Cooperation Organisation (SCO) summit in the northern port city of Tianjin, to be attended by dozens of world leaders and chiefs of international organisations. On Monday, President Xi Jinping kicked off the official meeting with leaders of SCO member...

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5 d. ago PM Modi SCO summit 2025 Live Updates: PM Modi meets world leaders at reception; poses for 'family photo'

PM Modi SCO summit 2025 Live Updates: PM Modi meets world leaders at reception; poses for 'family photo'  The Times of India

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5 d. ago SCO summit: Modi, Putin, other world leaders arrive in China

SCO summit: Modi, Putin, other world leaders arrive in China  DW

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5 d. ago Various world leaders arrive in Beijing for the SCO Tianjin Summit

Various world leaders arrive in Beijing for the SCO Tianjin Summit  africanews.com

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5 d. ago SCO summit a chance for China to assert itself as stable world power for peace

As Chinese President Xi Jinping welcomes a host of world leaders for the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation (SCO) summit, he is delivering one overarching message – that China is a stable power that will protect peace and champion the developing world. Xi launched a flurry of Chinese diplomacy in the northern city of Tianjin on Saturday by meeting five state leaders and UN Secretary General Antonio Guterres ahead of Sunday’s start to the SCO’s two-day summit. He told Guterres that China was a...

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5 d. ago At SCO summit, Xi Jinping frames China as a source of certainty

As Chinese President Xi Jinping welcomes a host of world leaders for the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation (SCO) summit, he is delivering one overarching message – that China is a stable power that will protect peace and champion the developing world. Xi launched a flurry of Chinese diplomacy in the northern city of Tianjin on Saturday by meeting five state leaders and UN Secretary General Antonio Guterres ahead of Sunday’s start to the SCO’s two-day summit. He told Guterres that China was a...

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5 d. ago Xi urges SCO to bolster regional peace, frames China as a stable global power

President Xi Jinping on Sunday called for the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation (SCO) to play a bigger role in protecting regional peace and stability, as he held up China as a stable power that will champion the developing world. Hosting dozens of state leaders to a welcome banquet as part of the SCO summit in the northern city of Tianjin, Xi said that the grouping had become an “important force in promoting the building of a new type of international relations”. “At present, the world is...

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5 d. ago More leaders from multiple countries arrive in China for SCO Summit

More leaders from multiple countries arrive in China for SCO Summit  Global Times

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6 d. ago SCO Summit 2025: China to Host Top Dignitaries and World Leaders, Check List Here

SCO Summit 2025: China to Host Top Dignitaries and World Leaders, Check List Here  Republic World

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6 d. ago Russia’s Putin vows to deepen China ties, slams ‘distortion’ of WWII history

Russian President Vladimir Putin has condemned “attempts to distort” World War II history while pledging to deepen strategic collaboration with China on the eve of a state visit to the country. During his four-day trip, described by the Kremlin as “absolutely unprecedented”, Putin is expected to join regional leaders for the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation (SCO) summit in Tianjin on Sunday, before holding bilateral talks with Chinese President Xi Jinping in Beijing on Tuesday. On Wednesday,...

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