China Makes Veiled Jab at US Before Hosting Modi, Putin, Erdogan

China used an event marking the final stretch before its biggest diplomatic huddle of the year to accuse the US of “threatening world peace,” in a thinly veiled critique of the rival superpower just before it hosts a key gathering of global leaders.

More than 20 foreign leaders are set to attend the annual summit of the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation, a bloc of countries led by Russia and China, Assistant Foreign Minister Liu Bin told reporters Friday during a briefing in Beijing. Russia’s Vladimir Putin, Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan are among those expected at the meeting in the northeastern port city of Tianjin Aug. 31-Sept. 1.