New Delhi, Aug. 6 -- Prime Minister Narendra Modi will travel to China from 31 August to 1 September to attend the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation (SCO) Heads of State Summit in Tianjin, marking his first visit to China since the 2020 Galwan Valley clashes that triggered a deep freeze in bilateral ties apart from accelerating India's strategic alignment with the United States, as India sought to counterbalance China's aggression.

This visit comes at a time when India-China relations are gradually normalizing, following more than four years of military and diplomatic strain. The turning point came during the October 2024 BRICS summit in Kazan, where Modi and Chinese President Xi Jinping agreed to a complete disengagement from all fricti...