Chinese president XI Jin ping and India Narendra Modi sat down in their first formal meeting since 2022 on the sidelines of the brick Summit in Russia it comes after a breakthrough agreement that helps end a fouryear stalemate over their shared Border in the Himalayas China playing at nice with its longtime adversary is the latest sign that Beijing is trying to strike a more consiliary tone with some key countries including some American Allies ahead of the knife’s edge us election over the past two weeks we’ve seen Chinese foreign minister wangi calling for a fresh start for ties with Japan a new starting point for relations with the UK and a resumption of exchanges in all aspects with Israel this diplomatic Blitz comes as Beijing faces the possibility of an even more antagonistic us under Donald Trump as well as a trade war with the European Union