This year's annual Shanghai Cooperation Organization summit was intended to bring together a number of nations under the aegis of China to begin the reshaping of the global order. From all accounts, it was a success, and a slap to the reckless and ignorant Malignant Fascist. Highlights from CNBC:
"The annual Shanghai Cooperation Organization summit has wound down in Tianjin with signals of a closer relationship among its members at a time when the world has been roiled by U.S. trade policies and tariffs.
The two-day event, attended by more than 20 leaders of non-Western countries, was seen as showcasing Beijing’s ambition for a new global security and economic order that poses a challenge to the U.S.
In a thinly-veiled swipe at the U.S. President Donald Trump’s global tariff campaign, Chinese President Xi Jinping told his counterparts in his opening speech Monday that the 'shadows of Cold War mentality and bullying have not dissipated, with new challenges mounting.'” (our emphasis)
A prominent attendee was India's increasingly autocratic leader Narendra Modi, who is seeking a rapprochement with China after the MF's arbitrary tariffs on Indian goods and services, and after the MF falsely tried to claim credit for ending a skirmish with Pakistan, suggesting he should be nominated for the Nobel Peace Prize. Modi made it clear that India was no longer wedded to the U.S.'s plans to counter China's influence in the Indo-Pacific region. In addition, the summit produced a pledge from the nations to cooperate in the development of Artificial Intelligence, and a commitment from some attendees to establish a development bank, which would undermine the U.S.'s dominance in global financial affairs.
All in all, a good day for China, Russia, India and other assorted autocracies, and a bad one for the incompetent and ignorant MF.
I wouldn't worry too much about any of this. This time next year, we'll probably be in the midst of the next pandemic. The one that only affects non-Christians and democrats. But that's what this country needs is a good old-fashioned culling of the herd.
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