China Hosts Largest SCO Summit, Challenges US-Led Order

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Above: Chinese President Xi Jinping at the Shanghai Cooperation Organization in China, on Sept. 1, 2025. Image copyright: Qilai Shen/Bloomberg/Getty Images

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The Spin

Pro-China narrative

The SCO summit demonstrates China's growing leadership in creating a more equitable global order. Xi's substantial financial commitments and calls for multilateral cooperation offer a stark contrast to America's exploitative hegemony and vindictive trade wars, with the gathering proving the world is ready for alternatives to the failed tools of Western domination.

Global Times

Pro-establishment narrative

China's SCO summit represents a concerning attempt to undermine the established international order; yet the U.S. can and should respond. With recent erratic U.S. policy driving regional players into the arms of China, America can stem the tide by presenting itself as a stable and reliable partner, as well as by finding common interests with middle powers in Asia and beyond.

Responsible Statecraft