China: Beijing Decries Trade Protectionism at SCO, Pushes Regional Trade

During the annual summit of the Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO) held on Aug. 31-Sept. 1, Chinese President Xi Jinping pledged to support regional tech development through artificial intelligence and the Beidou navigation system. He also pledged to help each SCO nation install 10 gigawatts of new green energy in the next five years, and proposed an SCO development bank....