Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi begins a three-day visit to New Delhi on Monday, his first trip to India since March 2022 and the first by a Chinese foreign minister to secure an audience with Prime Minister Narendra Modi in nearly a decade. The visit, which runs from 18–20 August, signals a tentative thaw in relations strained by deadly clashes along the Line of Actual Control in 2020. Wang will meet External Affairs Minister Subrahmanyam Jaishankar on Monday evening, co-chair the 24th round of Special Representatives’ talks on the boundary question with National Security Adviser Ajit Doval on Tuesday morning, and call on Modi at 17:30 local time the same day. He is scheduled to depart the capital on Wednesday. Indian and Chinese officials say the talks will focus on reducing troop deployments in disputed border areas, resuming limited cross-border trade through Lipulekh, Shipki La and Nathu La passes, and restoring direct passenger flights suspended since the pandemic. Beijing’s foreign ministry said it is “ready to continue communication with India on issues with a positive attitude,” while New Delhi hopes the engagement will set the stage for Modi’s planned trip to Tianjin for the Shanghai Cooperation Organization summit at the end of the month.