China seeks a strategic, long-term partnership with India as Xi Jinping visits for the BRICS Summit, enhancing bilateral relations.

Another big difference is in how China builds up expertise about the outside world. Until 2022 research about a country or region was spread across disciplines—a scholar might study India in the department of history before taking a doctorate in political science.

India and China are tangled in yet another border dispute, angering locals in the eastern state of Arunachal Pradesh.

China has urged India to manage differences properly ahead of Xi Jinping's visit to New Delhi for the BRICS summit and talks with Narendra Modi. The meeting is being watched for clues on whether both sides can steady ties after the Eastern Ladakh standoff.

PM Narendra Modi and Chinese President Xi Jinping are set to meet as both sides seek to consolidate a fragile thaw in ties, with border tensions, trade concerns and China’s relationship with Pakistan remaining key hurdles.

China supplied at least 80 per cent of India's imports across 71 electronics product lines in 2025-26, with dependence concentrated in key upstream components

India's ambition to create a self-reliant energy ecosystem by expanding its renewable energy footprint is facing a China problem.

FT’s Martin Wolf says China is too important to global manufacturing for India to exclude it, even as New Delhi remains wary of becoming too dependent on Beijing.