Xi Jinping's anti-American party

YOU MAY think the place where national leaders gather to talk about the future of the world is Washington, DC, or perhaps the UN Headquarters in New York. In fact, as President Xi Jinping plays host to over 20 presidents and prime ministers in China, a new reality is taking hold. The formal rationale for getting together is a summit of the Shanghai Co-operation Organisation (SCO) in Tianjin, followed by the commemoration of the 80th anniversary of the end of the second world war, including a military parade in Tiananmen Square on September 3rd. For Mr Xi the gathering has…