HKChinese President Xi Jinping called on members of the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation (SCO) to enhance their global role in technology and security during the organization's summit in Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan. He highlighted the SCO's 25-year history of cooperation, emphasizing its success as a model of non-alliance, non-confrontation regional collaboration. Xi referenced the 'sobering lessons of the Cold War' and criticized the U.S.-led system of military alliances. He praised the SCO's expansion, noting its status as the largest regional organization by population and territory, while warning of ongoing global tensions between dialogue and confrontation, cooperation and competition, and multilateralism versus unilateralism.
Bias read (Progressive): The article frames the SCO as a positive alternative to Western-led alliances, particularly referencing the U.S. system of military alliances. The emphasis on non-confrontation and multilateralism aligns with leftist critiques of Western imperialism and unilateralism. The language suggests a prefer-
