Can China and India overcome differences at summit?

China in recent years has pushed for such an alternative, deriding sanctions and the “long-arm jurisdiction” of the United States, all while building up its global “Belt and Road” infrastructure investment scheme aimed at developing countries.

India has tried to remain neutral, positioning itself to the West as a bulwark against Chinese military expansion as a member of the “Quad” grouping, while at the same time maintaining trade ties with Russia and refusing to condemn the invasion of Ukraine.

It remains to be seen whether Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi will have a bilateral meeting with Chinese President Xi Jinping on the margins of the summit.

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