25th Council of Heads of SCO Member States and the SCO plus in Tianjin, China on 1st September, 2025 Weapons Show: East vs. West Deepak Razdan Sunday, 7 September, 2025 On 3rd September, China held a Victory Parade in Beijing where it displayed its deadly and highly advanced weaponry that could match any adversary in military strength. The parade was almost like China’s reply to the US display of its missile power in destroying Iran’s nuclear facilities in June this year. The Chinese parade had followed the largest-ever Shanghai Cooperation Organisation (SCO) annual conference of over 20 Heads of State, hosted by SCO current Chair China in Tianjin from 31st August to 1st September. If US President Donald Trump had Russian President Vladimir Putin in Alaska in the US to discuss Ukraine, Chinese President Xi Jinping had the Russian President by his side at the SCO Summit. The East vs. the West power games were evident. The SCO was established in 2001 in Shanghai, China by K...