China to Send Top Envoy to India as Ties Warm After US Tariffs

Aug. 14, 2025, 7:22 AM UTC

China will send a top official to New Delhi next week, as Beijing steps up efforts to ease long-standing tensions with India amid US President Donald Trump’s global trade overhaul.

Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi will likely travel to New Delhi on Aug. 18 — his first trip to the country in over three years — and is expected to meet India’s National Security Adviser Ajit Doval and External Affairs Minister Subrahmanyam Jaishankar, according to people familiar with the matter.

A key agenda item will be discussing ways to reduce troop levels along the disputed Himalayan border, the ...

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