BEIJING: China will be observing the Victory Day – 80th anniversary of Japan’s surrendering in the WWII – on Wednesday (3rd Sept, 2025) here.
But in this epoch, when Trumpian Tariffs are changing the established geo-political scenario, when Russia-Ukraine and Hamas-Israel skirmishes are resurrecting the ghoul of cold war and the Satan of East-West division, Chinese President Xi is all set to grasp at the opportunity to display the military might, in the presence of American outcasts Putin and Kim, to manifest who calls the shots.
Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi, while visiting China for the first time in seven years, met the host of 2-day Shanghai Cooperation Organisation (SCO) summit President Xi Jinping on the sidelines here on 30th August.
The duo (representing 2.8 billion people) maintained that there was now deepening trust between the two countries. While, Modi (whose country had been slapped on 27th August by Trumpian Tariffs) said that there was now an atmosphere of peace and stability between China and India, Xi held that they should be partners, not rivals. Xi stated in his opening remarks: “The world today is swept by once-in-a-century transformations…
“The international situation is both fluid and chaotic…It is the right choice for both sides to be friends who have good neighbourly and amicable ties, partners who enable each other’s success, and to have the dragon and the elephant dance together…As long as they adhere to the overall direction of being partners rather than rivals … China-India relations can maintain stability and move forward over the long run.”
Meanwhile, Beijing has also unfurled red carpet for Russian President Vladimir Putin at Shanghai Cooperation Organisation summit, that is being attended by twenty countries who are pondering over regional security and trade issues against the backdrop of Trumpian Tariffs.
PS: SCO harbors ten member states (Belarus, China, India, Iran, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Pakistan, Russia, Tajikistan, Uzbekistan); two observer states (Afghanistan, Mongolia); fourteen dialogue partners (Armenia, Azerbaijan, Bahrain, Cambodia, Egypt, Kuwait, Maldives, Myanmar, Nepal, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, Sri Lanka, Turkiye, United Arab Emirates); four guest attendees (ASEAN, CIS, Turkmenistan, UN).
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