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Sunday, February 1, 2026
TopicIndia-China relations

Topic: India-China relations

Communist Party of China delegation visits RSS’s Delhi HQ, day after meeting senior BJP office-bearers

Chinese delegation met RSS general secretary Dattatreya Hosabale at Keshav Kunj, say Sangh insiders, adding it was a courtesy visit held at request of CPC.

Chinese chatter on Delhi-Shanghai flight — ‘normalisation’ needs more than linking the skies

Chinese commentators consistently portray India as the driver of rapprochement. New Delhi’s outreach is framed as a pragmatic, reluctant choice shaped by multiple pressures.

India’s exit from Ayni airbase reveals New Delhi’s power projection limits. A key location lost

Ayni’s origins lie in the immediate aftermath of 9/11, when the United States invaded Afghanistan and the international order briefly seemed open to new alignments.

India’s neighbourhood woes, Trump’s tariff swings keep global media focused on New Delhi’s challenges

BBC warns of implications of unrest in Nepal for India while WSJ highlights tensions between India and China and US concern over ‘Beijing-Moscow-New Delhi axis’.

Modi tells Xi—‘stability created along LAC, interests of 2.8 bn people linked to our cooperation’

Prime Minister Narendra Modi has made his first visit to China since 2018 for SCO summit, met Chinese President Xi Jinping Sunday and is also set to hold talks with Vladimir Putin.

Modi meets Xi, to hold bilateral with Putin but summit of Russia-India-China bloc not on agenda

Prime Minister Modi, in China for SCO summit, is in a meeting with Chinese President Xi Jinping and will hold a bilateral dialogue with Russian President Vladimir Putin Monday.

India-China ties — improvement signs are loud, problems sliding under the radar

Do India and China share a strategic or geopolitical alignment? Are there signs of improving relations in this aspect? Yet again, the evidence points in the other direction.

China is enjoying the strain in India-US ties and Trump cosying up to Pakistan

In Chinese discourse, India is portrayed as playing both sides, indecisive, and lacking strategic coherence, a “fence-sitter” unable to secure the confidence of either Washington or Beijing.

India is showing signs of trusting China again. Beijing sees a window of weakness

India’s episodic tactical pivots towards better ties with China to enhance its bargaining position vis-à-vis the US are not new or unfamiliar.

India’s ‘triple anxiety’—What Chinese media sees in Jaishankar’s Beijing visit

Chinese perspective underestimates the nuance of Indian foreign policy, which is shaped by strategic interests, not submission, appeasement, or fear.

On Camera

Budget 2026 squarely puts manufacturing at the centre of India’s growth strategy

The Budget’s emphasis on seven ‘strategic and frontier’ manufacturing areas is clearly not random. These are areas of high import dependence, strong employment, and rising geopolitical sensitivity.

Budget 2026 allocates Rs 1,000 crore for IndiaAI Mission, pushes data centres and AI upskilling

Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman proposed AI integration in several sectors, from agriculture to the manufacture of assistive devices for Divyangjan or people with disabilities.

10X Budget beef-up for Intelligence Bureau capex, after Pahalgam & Red Fort terror attacks

After lapses exposed by terror attacks at Pahalgam and Delhi's Red Fort, Centre has hiked Intelligence Bureau's expenditure for investments in long-term assets from Rs 257 cr to Rs 2,549 cr. 

Swiss report should now close Op Sindoor debate. Knowing when to stop the fight is key too

The key to fighting a war successfully, or even launching it, is a clear objective. That’s an entirely political call. It isn’t emotional or purely military.