SCO Summit Reveals Chinese Regime Is in a Tough Situation

Chinese leader Xi Jinping (C) speaks during a meeting with delegates of the Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO) security secretary summit at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing, China, on May 22, 2018. Jason Lee-Pool/Getty Images

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Chinese leader Xi Jinping participated in a video conference on Nov. 10 with the heads of state council (the main decision-making body) of the Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO). He promoted the so-called community with “a shared future for mankind and multilateralism”—his typical slogan—with the other member countries. However, Xi’s speech exposed China’s challenges.

The Shanghai Cooperation Organization 

The SCO, or Shanghai Pact, is a Eurasian political, economic, and security alliance created in June 2001 in Shanghai. The member states of the SCO include Russia, China, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, Uzbekistan, Pakistan, and India; as well as four observer countries: Mongolia, Belarus, Iran, and Afghanistan.