Shanghai Cooperation Organization

The Modi government has set a target of becoming a fully developed nation by 2047.

THINKING ALOUD

What holds India back from moving up the industrial ladder

The real problem for Delhi is not so much how it might open itself to China’s capital and technology, but rather its own impediments to development

The optics of the Russian, Chinese and Indian leaders standing shoulder-to-shoulder at the SCO summit are devastating for US interests.

Opinion & Features

Has US economic nationalism driven India into China’s embrace?

The folly of Trump’s tariff diplomacy

Prabowo’s government has acceded to a key demand of demonstrators and signalled it would pursue policies to help workers and target corruption.

Asean Business

Prabowo jets to meet Xi in China after deadly Indonesia protests

The Indonesian president trip to Beijing also underscores his interest in using the world’s second-largest economy as a model for Indonesia’s development

Since taking power in 2012, Xi Jinping has methodically built up blocs outside the orbit of Washington’s influence.

Global Enterprise

China’s Xi redraws geopolitical map, embracing Putin, Modi

Trump has typically downplayed such groupings, including the so-called Brics countries that also include Russia, India and China, as overplaying their hand against the US

Chinese President Xi Jinping has promised to increase investments and loans to partners, backing the bloc with financial support and further boosting Beijing’s clout.

International

China-led bloc to set up development bank in win for Xi

The move marks a win for Beijing, which has sought to create such an institution since as early as 2010

Chinese President Xi Jinping and Russian President Vladimir Putin will have their own intensive bilateral dialogue in Tianjin, ranging from Ukraine to North Korea.

Opinion & Features

The Xi-Putin show may steal the spotlight at Tianjin

The upcoming SCO summit will highlight the deepening cooperation between Beijing and Moscow

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