(LiveMint)
Prime Minister Narendra Modi will hold talks with Chinese president Xi Jinping on Tuesday, during which the two countries are expected to take stock of bilateral ties, buffeted by a military standoff on the Doklam plateau in Bhutan—their longest in two decades—that ended only last week.
The meeting between the two is scheduled for 10am (IST) and is Modi’s last engagement in the Chinese city of Xiamen before he departs for Myanmar on a two-day visit. Modi has been in Xiamen since Sunday for the 9th meeting of Brazil-Russia-India-China-South Africa (Brics) group of emerging economies.
The Modi-Xi meeting will be closely watched for many reasons. For one, it is expected to give pointers to how future relations will evolve. Most analysts agree that the Doklam standoff—which lasted 73 days—has changed the dynamics of the India-China relationship, accentuating the distrust between Asian giants who share a 3,800km mountainous frontier that remains un-demarcated in most places.
