Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi will travel to Tianjin, China, on Aug. 31 to attend a two-day summit of the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation, Indian television networks reported, a development later confirmed to Reuters by a government source. The trip will be Modi’s first visit to China in more than seven years and the first since a deadly border clash in 2020 sent relations into a deep freeze. The leaders of the two countries held only brief encounters on the sidelines of multilateral forums until a thaw began at last year’s BRICS meeting in Kazan. Modi is expected to hold bilateral talks with Chinese President Xi Jinping and Russian President Vladimir Putin on the margins of the gathering, according to people familiar with the planning. India’s National Security Adviser Ajit Doval is currently in Moscow for discussions on energy and defence purchases, underscoring New Delhi’s effort to balance ties with both Beijing and Moscow. The visit comes as India’s relationship with Washington is under strain. President Donald Trump has imposed some of the region’s steepest tariffs on Indian goods and threatened further penalties over New Delhi’s continued imports of Russian oil. An internal government assessment seen by Reuters estimates the measures could jeopardise roughly $64 billion of India’s annual shipments to the United States.