President Xi Jinping is on a whirlwind tour of Eurasia and Africa before his meeting with President Trump on September 24. He is working hard to build new trade, energy, and security ties. The idea is simple: find ways to deal with US-led policies and soften the blow from the ongoing tariff battles.
With the world getting more unstable and shipping routes facing trouble, many countries are turning to China to deal with the uncertainty from Washington. In Kyrgyzstan and Egypt, Xi talked about working together on security through the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation and put forward a four-point plan for peace in the Middle East. Next stop: the BRICS summit in India, where he wants to boost cooperation among developing countries. Old rivalries are still there. Even so, when Xi visits the US, he will bring a big business team. The goal is clear: try to get some solid trade deals, even though there are still big disagreements about AI and Taiwan.
Xi’s trips to Kyrgyzstan and India show that China wants to set up its own way of doing things, outside the Western system. China is pushing for countries to work together without forming tight alliances. The main aim is to avoid getting tied down by US-led treaties in the Indo-Pacific. By growing the BRICS group to eleven members, China hopes to weaken the impact of Western sanctions and US controls on technology.
This approach reminds me of the 1955 Bandung Conference. Back then, developing countries wanted to stay out of the US and Soviet camps. Now, China is trying something similar with the bigger BRICS group. The goal is to build a new system that stands apart from the old powers. The ideas from Bandung still guide how China uses the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation to push back against the G7’s economic control.
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