At the SCO Summit in Tianjin, Prime Minister Narendra Modi met President Xi Jinping on the sidelines, a step former ambassador Vijay Gokhale frames as a โprocess of reโengagement,โ not a reset. The meeting signals an attempt to put ties on a predictable track while India insists that trust depends on tangible Chinese actionsโborder deโescalation, market access, and reliable suppliesโafter the 2020 Galwan rupture. New Delhiโs broader shift from nonโalignment to multiโalignment continues: engaging China and Russia via BRICS/SCO even as strategic technology and defense cooperation with the United States deepen in parallel, a nonโzeroโsum approach. #indiachina #indiachinarelations #indiachina2025 #southasia #AsianPowers #indiachinatrade #tradedeficit #indiachinaborder #lac #indochina #arunachalpradesh #ladakh #defenseupdates #brics #globalsouth #asiarising #geopolitics #worldeconomy