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School of International Studies, Sun Yat-sen University, Zhuhai, China

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China, as a new global power, is expanding its influence across the globe and regions through various strategies and means, including regional and global organizations, in the post-Cold War era. As a result, since the Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO) was established in 2001, China, as one of its major founders, had attempted to use the SCO as a platform for influence beyond its borders. This paper aims to investigate China’s growing influence and diplomatic prowess through the SCO.

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China, Shanghai Cooperation Organization, foreign policy, multilateralism

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Enayatollah Yazdani & MA Yanzhe. (2023). China’s Regional and Global Policy Through the Shanghai Cooperation Organization. International Relations and Diplomacy, July-Aug. 2023, Vol. 11, No. 4, 171-189.

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