Xi slams 'bullying', Putin defends Ukraine invasion at China’s SCO summit

Opening the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation (SCO) summit in Tianjin on Monday, Chinese President Xi Jinping blasted the "bullying behaviour" of certain countries in a veiled reference to US President Donald Trump's tariff war. In his speech to the gathering of Eurasian leaders, Russian President Vladimir Putin blamed the West for triggering the Ukraine war. 

Sep 1, 2025 - 21:01
Xi slams 'bullying', Putin defends Ukraine invasion at China’s SCO summit
Opening the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation (SCO) summit in Tianjin on Monday, Chinese President Xi Jinping blasted the "bullying behaviour" of certain countries in a veiled reference to US President Donald Trump's tariff war. In his speech to the gathering of Eurasian leaders, Russian President Vladimir Putin blamed the West for triggering the Ukraine war.