
Because of other pressing priorities, India and China are backing off confrontation with each other, for now.
"The Chinese dragon and Indian elephant must not fight each other but dance with each other." The words — uttered last month by Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi — point to an attempt by the world's two most populous countries to reduce their high tensions in the Himalayas less than a year after they nearly came to blows in the Doklam standoff . Amid the prospects of a "reset" in ties, Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi will pay Chinese President Xi Jinping an informal, two-day visit starting April 27 in Wuhan. During the meeting, which marks the latest in a series of high-level exchanges between Indian and Chinese officials, the leaders aim to lay the groundwork for a Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO) summit scheduled for June in Qingdao.