India China Relations

Today's opinions examine a possible diplomatic opening before the 1962 India-China war, fears of an AI investment bubble, India's use of hard power and the evolving US-China relationship

The ties between India and China are "better" today as compared to a couple of years ago, External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar has said, underlining that as the border issues are resolved, the relationship returns to normalcy. Jaishankar was responding to a question on India-China relations, which have seen an upswing in recent times, including with President Xi Jinping's recent visit to India for the BRICS Leaders' Summit hosted by New Delhi. "If you asked me, compared to where you were in 2025, is the relationship better today? I would say yes. Compared to 2024, even more so," Jaishankar said during a conversation hosted at Asia Society on Monday. He said it's not so much a "structural change", but part of the reason why things have improved is "they had gone so much off-track that the moment you stabilised it, it was going to improve, because after what happened in 2020 and the long standoff that we had on the border, the relationship had really been impacted." Following the 2

DEA Secretary Anuradha Thakur said BRICS discussions include interoperability of payment and messaging channels and the use of local currencies for trade and investment

Former US National Security Adviser John Bolton has said that China is not ready to move when it comes to supporting India's bid for a permanent seat in the UN Security Council. Speaking to PTI Videos, Bolton said that attempts to change the composition of the 15-member council had continued for decades without result, and there are little prospects of reform. "I don't think China is movable on this question. I think that they like having five permanent members, which they are the only, really the only Asian country. And I don't see that changing," he told PTI Videos. Bolton said any expansion of the permanent membership would require an amendment to the UN Charter and suggested China could block India's bid. The United Nations Security Council (UNSC) has 15 member countries, consisting of five permanent members with veto power and ten non-permanent members elected for two-year terms. Five permanent members are China, France, the Russian Federation, the United Kingdom, and the Uni

The increase, however, comes off a relatively low base and has done little to narrow India's vast trade imbalance with its neighbor

Just let loose the instincts of natural traders. Trade may not guarantee border peace but it will increase the cost of war

Commerce Secretary Rajesh Agrawal said both sides would continue discussions on structural trade imbalances, supply chain issues and building mutual trust

The leaders' last sit-down bilateral meeting was on August 31, 2025, when Modi visited China for the Shanghai Cooperation Organization summit

PM Modi said Brics must strengthen resilient supply chains and inclusive technology access, warning that critical minerals weaponisation could impede shared growth

Concerns on trade imbalance, supply chain issues and market access to be addressed, says MEA

Chinese President Xi Jinping said in his address at the Brics summit in New Delhi

Prime Minister Narendra Modi welcomed Xi as the two leaders held a bilateral meeting on the sidelines of the Brics summit in New Delhi

Chinese President Xi Jinping arrived in New Delhi on Saturday morning to attend the 18th BRICS Summit. He is scheduled to hold talks with Prime Minister Narendra Modi on the sidelines of the summit. Xi left Beijing on Saturday morning to attend the BRICS Summit in New Delhi at the invitation of India's Prime Minister Narendra Modi, state-run Xinhua news agency reported. His entourage includes close associate Cai Qi, who is a member of the high-powered Standing Committee of the Political Bureau of the Communist Party of China (CPC) and director of the General Office of the CPC Central Committee, and Wang Yi, Foreign Minister and member of the Political Bureau of the CPC Central Committee, the news report said. This is President Xi's first visit to India in nearly seven years. Asked how China viewed the Modi-Xi meeting, Foreign Ministry spokesperson Mao Ning told a media briefing here that this will be the third year in a row the two leaders meet, after their meetings in Kazan and .

China Southern Airlines on Saturday announced that it will resume regular passenger services on the Guangzhou-New Delhi route from September 21, restarting the service after a six-year suspension. With the resumption, the airline will operate more than 100 weekly flights across eight round-trip routes in South Asia, the carrier said. China Southern Airlines, headquartered in Guangzhou in China's southern Guangdong province, is one of the country's major carriers. The carrier's announcement coincides with Chinese President Xi Jinping's visit to India on Saturday to attend the BRICS summit and hold talks with Prime Minister Narendra Modi on further improving bilateral relations. The flight services between India and China were suspended following the COVID-19 pandemic in 2020 and were not restored amid the over four-year military standoff between the two countries in eastern Ladakh, which ended in October last year. The resumption of flights is part of the gradual normalisation of .

Ahead of the Brics Summit, China called India-China trade ties mutually beneficial and urged New Delhi to ensure a fair, transparent and non-discriminatory business environment for Chinese firms

Chinese President Xi Jinping's expected India visit, border talks in Beijing in August and a ground issue seem to have contributed to the decision

To close the gap with China, Indian policymakers must view R&D not merely as an expenditure, but as a strategic process of building organisational capability

NSA Ajit Doval and Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi discuss border peace and bilateral ties ahead of expected meetings between Narendra Modi and Xi Jinping

India's attention towards Pakistan was driven largely by the continuing threat of terrorism, but China is going to be New Delhi's main competitor across multiple domains in the long-term, asserted former Army chief General Manoj Naravane on Thursday. While refraining from using the term "enemy" in context of China, he stressed the need for a strong military deterrence while resolving long-standing differences with Beijing through dialogue. Speaking about security challenges New Delhi faces from its neighbours, Naravane noted Pakistan and China were in a different category though India had fought wars with both countries and had unsettled borders with them. He was speaking at the launch of his new book 'The Curious and the Classified: Unearthing Military Myths and Mysteries', published by Rupa Publications. "Pakistan and China are a totally different ballgame. We have fought wars with both of them. We have unsettled borders. So they will always remain on our radar as a threat, as a

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