https://www.scmp.com/rss/513704/feed Elmira Joldybayeva is an associate professor in the Institute of Diplomacy at the Academy of Public Administration under the President of the Republic of Kazakhstan. en https://assets.i-scmp.com/static/img/icons/scmp-meta-1200x630.png https://www.scmp.com The Shanghai Cooperation Organisation (SCO) heads of state summit in Samarkand last week drew much international attention, not only because it marked Chinese President Xi Jinping’s first foreign trip in more than two years, but also because it was the regional grouping’s first in-person gathering since the outbreak of the Ukraine war. Not surprisingly, the focus was on China and other member states’ position on Russia’s “special military operation”. Much as the case was during Russia’s... https://www.scmp.com/comment/opinion/asia/article/3193302/did-sco-summit-signal-pax-sinica-emerging-central-asia?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/comment/opinion/asia/article/3193302/did-sco-summit-signal-pax-sinica-emerging-central-asia?utm_source=rss_feed Sat, 24 Sep 2022 21:00:07 +0000