TIANJIN: China’s President Xi Jinping blasted “bullying behavior” in the world order as he gathered Eurasian leaders Monday for a showpiece summit aimed at putting Beijing front and center of regional relations. The Shanghai Cooperation Organization, comprising China, India, Russia, Pakistan, Iran, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, Uzbekistan and Belarus, is touted as a non-Western style of collaboration and seeks to be an alternative to traditional alliances.

The China-led bloc will give members a chance to air common grievances, especially against Washington.

SCO has an even greater responsibility amid the rise of ‘unpredictable factors’, Chinese president tells regional leaders in Tianjin.