The Silk Road Revival: How Xi's Eurasian Gambit is Redrawing Global Power Maps As Xi Jinping arrives in Bishkek for the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation (SCO) summit, the world watches with interest to see how Beijing will continue its grand strategy for a multipolar Asia.
For 25 years, the SCO has been building economic and security ties across Central Asia, but its significance extends far beyond the region's borders.
China's trade with Central Asia has reached unprecedented levels, with bilateral commerce reaching $106 billion in 2022, making Beijing the largest trading partner of the five SCO member states.