As Xi Jinping arrives in India for the BRICS summit — his first visit since 2019 — the encounter with Prime Minister Modi becomes a quiet referendum on whether two civilizations, long entangled by geography and rivalry, can rebuild trust after blood was shed on a Himalayan border six years ago. The thaw has been real but fragile: flights resumed, investment restrictions eased, diplomats exchanged careful words of satisfaction. Yet encroachments continue, trade deficits deepen, and the larger world presses in — forcing both nations to ask not merely whether they can coexist, but on whose terms
Xi-Modi summit tests India-China reset amid trade tensions at BRICS
A meeting with Prime Minister Narendra Modi would be the clearest test yet of the tentative post-2020 reset between Asia’s two largest economies. When the BRIC…