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- Wang Yi told state media that the Indian and Chinese leaders reached "an important consensus" that the two countries should be partners, ahead of a September 12, 2026 meeting in New Delhi during the BRICS Summit.
- Xi Jinping visited New Delhi for the BRICS Summit with Wang accompanying him, and Wang quoted Xi as saying China-India relations have progressed from a "restart" to a "renewed height."
- The leaders' meeting was the third between the two sides in three years, following the October 2024 Kazan summit that ended a four-year freeze in relations.
- Wang Yi's "backsliding" remark reflected frustration among some Chinese officials that normalization has unfolded "in fits and starts," while India maintains that "peace and tranquility on the borders" is the basis for resuming exchanges and China counters that the border issue should be "placed in the appropriate position within the broader context."
Why it matters: Wang's "backsliding" language is the headline tell — Beijing is signaling impatience with what it sees as New Delhi's piecemeal approach to normalization. The unresolved precondition dispute (India wants border calm first; China wants border issues deprioritized) remains the structural obstacle to substantive economic reconnection between two of Asia's largest economies.
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