Xinhua News Agency of Singapore wrote on the evening of August 7: "Indian Prime Minister Modi is reportedly scheduled to visit China in late August to attend the Shanghai Cooperation Organization Summit. If it proceeds, this will be his first visit to China in seven years. Analysts interviewed said that with the U.S. imposing heavy tariffs on India and causing tensions in U.S.-India relations, India's adjustment of its strategy towards China aims to offset American pressure, and there will not be a situation where 'China and India oppose the U.S.'"
After Trump returned to the White House, some of America's "allies" and "partners" began to adjust their stance towards China, and India, which had seen its relations cool due to border conflicts and geopolitical issues, was no exception. Last month, Indian Foreign Minister S. Jaishankar made a rare visit to China after five years, marking a turning point in Sino-India relations; subsequently, India resumed issuing tourist visas for Chinese citizens, and relations continued to ease; and Modi's first visit in seven years is the highest-level interaction between the two countries since the 2020 border conflict, which is expected to promote a substantive warming of Sino-India relations.
As two major developing countries and important members of the Global South, China and India choosing to "dance together like dragons and tigers" and become partners who help each other is a correct path in line with the tide of history. However, in reality, India's misjudgment and suspicion of China, the complex entanglements of geopolitics, and especially the deliberate provocation by the United States, still test the direction of bilateral relations. Whether this mutual engagement can break through external interference and inject lasting momentum into Sino-India relations is worth watching.
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