Prime Minister Narendra Modi's China Visit: Sources said on Wednesday that preparations are being made for Prime Minister Modi's trip to China, where leaders of the Shanghai Cooperation Organization will gather for the Summit in Tianjin from August 31 to September 1. If the visit goes through, Modi is also expected to hold bilateral talks with Chinese President Xi Jinping on the sidelines of the Summit. These talks will take place as tensions between China and the United States continue to rise due to the purchase of Russian oil and trade tariffs. The two leaders last met on October 23, 2024, during the BRICS Summit in Kazan, Russia. This meeting set the stage for the troops to be disengaged from two points of contention along the Line of Actual Control in eastern Ladakh and the patrols to resume. The Prime Minister’s visit, which sources said is still being planned, will be his first to China in seven years—theast visit was in 2018. he military standoff along the LAC in eastern Ladakh began in May 2020 following Chinese incursions. he disengagement process was completed in November 2024, days after the meeting in Kazan.
Since then, the two nations have attempted to strengthen their ties by resuming the Mansarovar Yatra, granting Chinese tourists visas, and considering resuming direct flights. However, India discovered evidence of active Chinese assistance to the Pakistani military during the hostilities that followed Operation Sindoor in May, which caused these efforts to suffer a setback. India said Chinese weapons and drones were used by Pakistan and Beijing helped Rawalpindi with live intelligence during the military confrontation.
Incidentally, Modi’s last visit to China in 2018 was also for a summit of the SCO leaders in Qingdao in June that year. In October 2019, months before the Chinese invasion of eastern Ladakh, Xi traveled to India.
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