The SCO provides China not only with a platform to confront the existing US-led alliance in the Asia-Pacific region, but is increasingly being used to prevent the formation of a US-led network to restrain China’s advance. Ultimately, it is feared that the SCO could develop into a military alliance similar to the Warsaw Pact of the Cold War era, with an embryonic “Great China Union” at its core.
上合组织不仅为中国提供对抗亚太地区现存的美国领导的联盟的平台，而且正日益被用来防止形成美国领导的限制中国推进的网络。最终，有人担忧上合组织会发展成为类似冷战时期华约组织的军事联盟，其核心是萌芽中的“大中华联盟”。