Visuals of exaggerated cordiality between the Prime Minister Narendra Modi of India, President Vladimir Putin of Russia, and President Xi Jinping of China at the Shanghai Cooperation Organization summit on September 1 displayed China’s convening power. But the gathering of major non-western leaders in Tianjin, a city in eastern China didn’t do much to resolve the long standing border dispute and competition between India and China.

China has sensed the growing distance between India and President Donald Trump’s America in the aftermath of the U.S. tariff assault on India and the intemperate and disparaging statements hurled at India by Trump, his Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent and his trade advisor Peter Navarro. China lost no time in extending support to India against American bull

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