# Xi Jinping’s India visit tests whether China-India ties are thawing

https://mins.news/en/item/56503

- BBC Chinese, 2026-09-13 10:56 UTC
- World
- Original: https://www.bbc.com/zhongwen/articles/cg7knkpjr39o/trad?at_medium=RSS&at_campaign=rss

> Xi Jinping made his first visit to India in seven years for the BRICS summit and held a roughly 40-minute meeting with Narendra Modi. Analysts describe the shift in ties as a tactical easing driven partly by shared pressure, not a strategic reset, with border disputes unresolved. The summit’s New Delhi Declaration urged maximum restraint over the Iran war without naming the US, Israel or Iran.

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