Foreign Media: The 35th China-India Border Affairs Consultative and Coordination Mechanism meeting was recently held in Beijing, reaffirming the commitment to maintain peace along the Line of Actual Control.
Moreover, the Kailash Mansarovar pilgrimage, which had been suspended for five years, resumed last year; direct flights between China and India have also resumed, and dialogues on transboundary rivers have restarted. Both sides are also exploring ways to ease restrictions on commercial, tourism, and people-to-people exchanges that have been in place since 2020.
This engagement is not based on full trust, but rather on practical necessities. For India, maintaining tens of thousands of troops at high altitudes since 2020 has proven extremely costly, diverting resources from naval modernization and strategic investments in the Indian Ocean region.
For China, maintaining stable relations with its largest neighbor has become increasingly strategic, helping to prevent India from further aligning with Washington.
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