Published: September 16th, 2022,
Last updated: September 22nd, 2022
To instill stability and positive energy in a chaotic world: These words by Xi Jinping sound like irony at the meeting with his „old friend“ Vladimir Putin in Uzbekistan. But the Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO) summit in Samarkand shows much more than just solidarity between China and Russia, analyzes Michael Radunski. It also clarifies how China is expanding its power in Central Asia – in Russia’s former sphere of influence, of all places.