Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi concluded a two-day visit to New Delhi on 19 August, meeting Prime Minister Narendra Modi, External Affairs Minister Subrahmanyam Jaishankar and National Security Advisor Ajit Doval. The trip included the 24th round of the Special Representatives’ dialogue on the boundary question, where both sides said border areas have remained calm since the deadly 2020 clash and agreed to keep using the mechanism to manage outstanding disputes. Officials said relations are on an “upward trend”. Beijing pledged to address India’s demand for rare earths, fertilisers and tunnel-boring machines, while the two governments announced plans to ease visa issuance and take “concrete measures” to facilitate bilateral trade and investment. A joint statement added that the resumption of the Kailash Manasarovar pilgrimage and wider people-to-people links would proceed in parallel with commercial steps. Modi told Wang that “stable, predictable, constructive” ties were in the region’s interest and confirmed he will travel to Tianjin for the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation summit at the end of August—his first visit to China in seven years. Both capitals portrayed the decision as evidence of momentum in rebuilding ties that were badly damaged by the 2020 Himalayan confrontation. New Delhi nevertheless flagged concerns over a Chinese dam project on the Brahmaputra and restated that its contacts with Taiwan remain limited to economic, technological and cultural exchanges. Diplomats on both sides said continued tranquillity on the frontier will remain the foundation for further progress.