China's Xi rolls out the red carpet for Putin and Modi as Trump upends global relations

[IcyPeas]

I think poor widdle Trump is depressed and angry because these leaders are having a summit AND a military parade and they'll be talking badly about him. Look at all the countries that are invited. I keep thinking of how Trump is dismantling our education system... it's mind boggling.

Tianjin, China
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Autocrats, populists, friends and foes, a strongman waging a war in Europe and the leader of the world’s biggest democracy will all be hosted by Chinese leader Xi Jinping this weekend at a summit designed to showcase Beijing as a global leader capable of providing a counterweight to Western institutions.

Heads of state and delegations from across Asia and the Middle East will meet from Sunday in the Chinese port city of Tianjin for the two-day summit of the Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO), a regional security grouping that has emerged as a cornerstone of Xi and Russian President Vladimir Putin’s drive to rebalance global power in their favor.

The gathering also comes days ahead of a major military parade in Beijing that will offer a different message – that of China’s rapidly developing military might, and draw autocrats like North Korea’s Kim Jong Un and Myanmar’s Min Aung Hlaing alongside Putin and Russia-friendly European leaders Aleksandar Vucic of Serbia and Slovakia’s Robert Fico.

Delegations are also expected from the SCO’s 16 official partner and observer countries, which include Cambodia, Egypt, Saudi Arabia, the United Arab Emirates, Bahrain, Qatar, and Kuwait, as well as NATO member Turkey, among others, Chinese officials said ahead of the gathering.
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Beijing additionally invited a handful of Southeast Asian leaders. UN Secretary General Antonio Guterres is also expected to attend.

… guests, including Putin, Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian and Pakistani Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif, are slated to stay for the military parade in Beijing, where the ruling Communist Party will show off its military might …
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Now, growing frictions and uncertainties between some countries and the US under Trump will loom over the gathering – a reality sure to be referenced prominently if indirectly in remarks by Xi to his guests in the days ahead.

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Also… Live updates from Reuters:

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There are also some live YouTube feeds.

[moondust]

1. Welcome, Mr. War Criminal!

Interesting that the "Russia-friendly" leaders of Serbia and Slovakia are there along with the delusional war criminal. One theory on the Ukraine invasion is that it would serve as a gateway to former SSRs Slovakia and Hungary--which has a border with Serbia. Pooty rebuilding the Russian Empire.

[tanyev]

2. Donny's a uniter, alright.

Everyone hates him eventually.