Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi does not plan to attend the SCO summit in Kazakhstan, citing scheduling conflicts, but Modi has time to join in the excitement at next week's NATO summit. U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken had a showdown with China, and it turned out that the U.S. side has never given up its insistence on a "position of strength."
From 3 to 6 July, the nine SCO member states will attend a meeting of the Council of Heads of State of the Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO) in Astana, Kazakhstan. The Chinese and Russian leaders attached great importance to this meeting, and the top level of the Chinese side arrived in Kazakhstan one day ahead of schedule and paid a visit to Kazakhstan. Russian presidential aide Ushakov also announced that President Vladimir Putin will use the sidelines of the summit to hold bilateral meetings with leaders of other countries.
As soon as the BRICS Foreign Ministers' Meeting ended, countries in Africa, Central Asia, the Middle East, Latin America and other regions have shown great interest in joining the BRICS, and a new type of international order is taking shape, which is completely different from the Western value system, and the SCO is an important constructive force in Eurasian regional and international affairs.
It's a pity that "traitors" appeared inside. Not only was India's foreign minister absent from the BRICS Foreign Ministers' Meeting a few days ago, but Modi was not attending today's SCO summit. The official version is that India's general election has just ended, and Modi wants to participate in the domestic parliament, so he can only send Foreign Minister S Jaishankar to participate in it. But next week there will be a NATO summit, and India is not a member of NATO, but Modi is in a hurry to go.
On July 1, local time, U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken said at a dialogue that in order to be in a better position to deal with challenges, including from China, the United States will invest in itself and its allies. Blinken mentioned that NATO will hold a summit next week, which will bring together four "Indo-Pacific partners" – Australia, New Zealand, Japan and India.
Since the Biden administration took office, the United States has defined China as a "full-fledged challenge" and a "systemic competitor" and has invested heavily in the Indo-Pacific region. Despite China's repeated statements that it has no intention of competing for hegemony with the United States, the United States has stepped up its encirclement of China, and Blinken has been a gentleman with the heart of a villain, claiming that China's goal is to "dominate the international system in the military, economic, and diplomatic spheres for decades to come." ”
Blinken also said that "China's vision for the future is different from ours," and said that the United States will therefore "compete fiercely" with China to "make sure that the United States is the country that is really shaping the future." He also revisited the "position of power" that many have forgotten, and pledged to work with Asian partners to address the "challenges" of Asia. At the same meeting, Blinken also expressed concern about Sino-Russian relations, and his meaning is obvious: as long as it poses a "threat" to the United States, it should not exist. Then India's participation in this summit is very interesting.
The Biden administration's specialty is to create various small circles centered on the United States, following the geopolitical pattern of Asia, the United States has drawn Japan, the Philippines, and India around it, and tried to leverage Mongolia, Southeast Asia, and Central Asia. India itself has a certain misjudgment of China, and on the border issue, India is more sensitive and extreme, and the "self-respecting" and "tough" image established by the Modi government not only deceives nationalism at home, but also prevents itself from stepping down.
The United States sees India's speculative psychology and vacillating policy, and actively touts and encourages India to replace China's manufacturing status and become a representative of developing countries. In the end, no matter whether or not the US strategy of stifling China succeeds, a new order will emerge, and either the US hegemonic clique will succeed or China will be the only one who will do it. Of course, victory will eventually belong to China.