, Columnist
India Is Resigned to a New Status Quo With China
Will this India-China thaw last?
Photographer: Tauseef Mustafa/AFP/Getty Images
It’s still mid-winter in the high Himalayas, along the disputed border between India and China. But in New Delhi and Beijing spring has come. Relations, which had been frozen since 20 Indian soldiers were killed in clashes in 2020, have begun to thaw. Bilateral diplomatic visits have resumed and the two militaries have begun meeting again.
Most importantly, however, India has begun to re-evaluate China’s role as an economic partner. It was once the country most mistrustful of investment and trade with its giant rival; Chinese companies were banned from strategic sectors well before that became the norm elsewhere, and investment was completely prohibited in 2020.