India has expanded the resumption of tourist visas for Chinese nationals, allowing them to apply through Indian embassies and consulates worldwide. This marks another step in the gradual normalisation of bilateral relations after the prolonged military stand-off along the Line of Actual Control (LAC).

According to a report by the Hindustan Times, tourist visas for Chinese citizens were first reinstated in July, but only through India’s missions in Beijing, Shanghai, Guangzhou and Hong Kong. The broader global reopening, implemented quietly earlier this week, comes after visas were suspended in 2020 following the LAC standoff and the deadly Galwan Valley clash, which claimed the lives of 20 Indian soldiers and at least four Chinese troops, sending ties to their lowest point in six decades.

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