Officially announced and meticulously hyped by New Delhi, Wang Yi’s visit is unlike the usual protocol for foreign ministers. Not only did Wang hold the 24th round of Special Representatives (SR) talks on the boundary dispute with NSA Ajit Doval and sat for a bilateral with External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar, but also met Prime Minister Modi himself – a gesture typically reserved for heads of state or government. The message to Donald Trump is clear: Washington’s reckless foreign policy will drive friends like India toward America’s arch-nemeses.

In a significant departure from years of economic coercion, China has delivered tangible assurances addressing India’s three most pressing supply chain vulnerabilities. During Wang Yi’s meeting with EAM Jaishankar, Beijing committed to resolving restrictions on tunnel boring machines critical for India’s infrastructure projects, ending the freeze on rare earth magnets essential for electric vehicles and renewable energy, and resuming specialty fertiliser exports vital for agricultural productivity. These assurances, coming after months of Chinese export curbs that threatened to stall India’s project and manufacturing ambitions, represent Beijing’s calculated move to rebuild economic trust.

Multiple threads intertwine here: the resumption of direct flights, possible agreements on border trade, and the long-stalled process of troop disengagement along the Line of Actual Control (LAC). High-level meetings have returned to the agenda after years of near freeze since the Galwan Valley clashes. The thaw traces back to Modi’s meeting summit with Xi........

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