BRICS and Beyond: Modi Xi Meeting Holds More Than Meets the Eye The upcoming meeting between Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Chinese President Xi Jinping at the BRICS summit in India has been touted as a crucial moment for thawing relations between the two nations.
The focus is on border issues and trade imbalances, but this encounter also has broader implications. Decades old disputes over their shared Himalayan border have plagued India China relations since the 1962 war.
Recent clashes in 2020 led to a deep freeze in ties, but there has been improvement since then, with both countries engaging in people to people exchanges and trade.