Beyond photo-ops: Realities of India-China ties
It is time for quiet backroom discussions and negotiations between India and China, rather than the daily dose of media-relayed adjectives.
Updated At : 06:33 AM Sep 02, 2025 IST
Bonhomie: Prime Minister Narendra Modi, Chinese President Xi Jinping and Russian President Vladimir Putin in Tianjin on September 1. ANI
THE summit meeting of the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation (SCO) in Tianjin, China, has caught the attention of the world, with pictures of India's PM Modi, Russia’s President Putin and China’s President Xi smiling together splashed across newspapers, magazines and TV screens around the globe. In contrast to the manner in which the US has dealt in the recent past, particularly with its allies, friends and partners, including levying differential tariffs on each of them, the photographs from Tianjin convey bonhomie, partnership and trust.
