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New Delhi: The high-profile visit of Chinese foreign minister Wang Yi to Delhi in August 2025 has generated headlines and official optimism, but it also leaves deep, unresolved questions about the Modi government’s approach to India’s most complex bilateral relationship. While both sides celebrate revived diplomatic channels and new forums for engagement, the underlying issues that determine India’s security and geopolitical standing remain largely unaddressed. Here are the seven pressing questions that have been left unanswered in the wake of Wang Yi’s visit.

1) Has the situation on the LAC in eastern Ladakh returned to the status quo ante of April 2020?

The Modi government is rapidly normalising ties, including resumption of direct flights, border trade and pilgrimages, without substantive progress on the core boundary issue or restoration of the status quo ante at key friction points in Ladakh.

This reverses India’s longstanding policy, as articulated by external affairs minister S. Jaishankar: “Our relationship is not normal, it cannot be normal as the border situation is not normal”. Certain areas in buffer zones remain out of reach of Indian military patrols, confirming that substantive restoration of the territorial status quo remains elusive.

If normalisation of bilateral ties is possible without resolving the Ladakh border crisis, how will India regain leverage for future disengagement?

2) Has India reiterated its position on Taiwan without China changing its policy on stapled visas?

As per the official Chinese statements, Jaishankar told his Chinese........

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