After years of ratcheting tensions between nuclear-armed rivals China and India, which actually came to literal blows along their disputed Himalayan border over the last several years – including the deadly 2020 Galwan valley clashes among rival troops, which left dozens dead and wounded – relations between the two Asian regional powers are thawing fast.

Monday and Tuesday have seen a major breakthrough during Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi’s two-day visit to Delhi, where he declared that India and China should view each other as “partners” rather than “adversaries or threats”.

He further hailed a “positive trend” towards cooperation between the two economic superpowers of the region, ahead of a meeting with Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Tuesday. Indian Foreign Minister S Jaishankar in turn confirmed that the countries are busy trying to “move ahead from a difficult period in our ties.

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