CRS Report: Modi’s China Visit Highlights Uneasy Mix of Cooperation and Rivalry

The Sept. 4 report examined Modi’s Aug.31 meeting with Chinese President Xi Jinping, describing it as a “gradual rapprochement” shaped by tensions with Washington.

The Congressional Research Service is a public policy research institute of the United States Congress. / CRS

Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s first trip to China in seven years signalled both cooperation and caution, according to a new Congressional Research Service (CRS) analysis prepared for US lawmakers.

The Sept.4 report examined Modi’s Aug.31 meeting with Chinese President Xi Jinping, describing it as a “gradual rapprochement” shaped by tensions with Washington. “Modi and Xi affirmed that India and China are ‘partners’ and not ‘rivals,’” the CRS said, noting that Modi deemed it necessary to expand common ground

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