China and Russia are seeking to cement their strategic partnership and create a multi-polar world in which the United States will find it much more difficult to dominate international affairs.
It is tempting to see the Shanghai Co-operation Organisation as an expanding bulwark against Western influence in Eurasia.
Founded in Shanghai in 2001, the regional group has six full members: China, Russia and four former Soviet republics in Central Asia, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan and Uzbekistan. The organisation will hold its annual summit next month.
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