Xi Jinping expected in India for BRICS summit amid strained business ties
Chinese President's visit is his first to India in seven years, with diplomatic relations improving but economic links facing hurdles.
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Xi Jinping expected in India for BRICS summit amid strained business ties
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What this story says
- Chinese President Xi Jinping is expected to visit New Delhi this week for the BRICS summit.
- This marks Xi's first visit to India in seven years, with diplomatic relations showing signs of a thaw.
- Analysts note that despite diplomatic progress, business ties between India and China remain strained due to suspicion and hurdles.
- The 2020 border skirmish, which resulted in casualties on both sides, continues to cast a shadow over bilateral relations.
Who covered it
Percentages are shares of the 6 outlets carrying a published leaning rating. 4 of the 10 outlets we know ran this story carry no rating and are not counted in them. Coverage measured .
Trust
42/100
Craft
55/100
Hype
41/100
10 sources · methodology
Thin on the left so far
None of the 6 outlets with a published leaning rating that ran this story are rated left.
This story is still being watched, so it is a count and not yet a finding. Coverage keeps arriving for hours after an event, and a side that has published nothing this morning may publish by tonight. If it is still true when we stop checking, we will say so plainly.
Chinese President Xi Jinping is expected to visit New Delhi this week for the BRICS summit. This visit, his first to India in seven years, comes as diplomatic relations between the two Asian neighbours show signs of improvement. However, analysts suggest that business ties remain strained due to ongoing suspicion and various hurdles.
The relationship between India and China has been marked by caution since a border skirmish in 2020 that led to the deaths of 20 Indian and four Chinese soldiers. Despite this, diplomatic engagement has increased in recent years. India has also eased some restrictions on Chinese investment in sectors such as electronics and solar cells. Nevertheless, some Chinese companies, including BYD and Great Wall Motor, have reportedly shelved planned investments in India due to heightened scrutiny.
Disagreement on confirmation of visit
While Chinese President Xi Jinping's visit to India for the BRICS summit is widely anticipated, China had not yet confirmed his attendance at the time of reporting. TV9 Hindi noted that suspense remained over Xi's visit, with China yet to respond.
What the coverage left out
None of the centre or right-rated reports mentioned specific details about India easing restrictions on Chinese investment in sectors like electronics and solar cells, or that Chinese companies BYD and Great Wall Motor have shelved planned investments due to heightened scrutiny. No left-rated outlet ran this story at all.
Still developing. We have re-checked which outlets are covering this 6 times, most recently on 10 Sept 2026, 09:45, and will add the sides that appear.
How other outlets pictured it
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Xi Jinping India visit: Chinese President set to attend BRICS Summit, Modi meeting on the cards
Times of India — embedded from source
How each side covered it
Our own reading of the reporting listed below, written from the outlets’ articles rather than quoted from them. The reasoning is set out on our methodology page.
Left
0 rated outlets
No outlet rated left has run this story so far. We are still checking, and will say plainly if that does not change.
Centre
2 rated outlets
- The centre-rated reports from Asia One and Reuters highlighted that Xi Jinping's visit should further the diplomatic thaw between India and China. Both reports noted that despite the expected diplomatic progress, there were few signs of improvement in business ties, which remain bound by suspicion. Asia One's full report detailed specific hurdles, including stalled investments, visa delays, and restrictions on industrial equipment, and quoted analysts on the trust deficit and China's potential to use its economic heft. It also mentioned that China's foreign ministry stated Xi and Modi see the countries as 'partners, not competitors'.
Right
4 rated outlets
- The right-rated reports from Times of India, The Straits Times, Latestly, and Tribune India focused on Xi Jinping's impending visit to India for the BRICS summit, marking his first trip in seven years. These reports highlighted the potential for a meeting with Prime Minister Narendra Modi amidst a gradual thaw in relations following the 2020 border clashes. The Straits Times, Latestly, and Tribune India's digests all used similar phrasing, stating that while the visit might help diplomatic ties, business relations remained strained by suspicion. Times of India's report also mentioned the backdrop of the 2020 border clashes and increased high-level engagement.
Questions about this coverage
- How did the left and right cover Xi Jinping expected in India for BRICS summit amid strained business…?
- Of the 6 outlets on this story carrying a published leaning rating, 0% are rated left, 33% are rated centre, 67% are rated right. Those percentages are shares of the rated outlets, not of every outlet that ran it, which was 10. The sections above set out what each side emphasised, in its own terms.
- Is Xi Jinping expected in India for BRICS summit amid strained business… left or right?
- Too few of the outlets on this story carry a published leaning rating to say. 6 of them do, and this site does not characterise a field under 12: at that size one newsroom filing moves the share by ten points. The percentages above are the count as it stands.
- Is the coverage of Xi Jinping expected in India for BRICS summit amid strained business… biased?
- Xi Jinping expected in India for BRICS summit amid strained business ties is one event reported by 10 outlets, and this page does not rate the story as biased or unbiased. What it publishes is the spread: which outlets ran it, where named rating organisations place each of them on the spectrum, and what each side chose to lead with. A leaning rating describes an outlet's record over time, not this article, and the two should not be run together.
- Which side is not reporting Xi Jinping expected in India for BRICS summit amid strained business…?
- When we first saw this story, outlets rated left had barely covered it. Coverage accretes for hours after an event, so that is where to look rather than a verdict — the split above is the current count, and it is the one to read.
- Which outlets covered Xi Jinping expected in India for BRICS summit amid strained business…?
- 10 that we know of, every one of them listed further up this page with a link to its own report and to what we hold on the publisher. Nothing here is a summary of somebody else's summary: the outlets are named so the original reporting can be read.
- When is Xi Jinping expected to visit India?
- Chinese President Xi Jinping is expected to visit New Delhi this week for the BRICS summit. This marks his first visit to India in seven years.
- What is the state of diplomatic relations between India and China?
- Diplomatic relations between India and China are showing signs of a thaw. The countries have increased high-level engagement in recent years, particularly following the 2020 border skirmishes.
- Are business ties between India and China improving?
- Analysts suggest that business ties between India and China remain strained due to suspicion and various hurdles, despite diplomatic progress. Some Chinese companies have reportedly shelved planned investments in India.
Read it at the source
10 outlets, grouped by the leaning a published rating gives them. Every headline links to the original; an underlined outlet name opens our profile of that publisher.
Left
0No outlet in this group ran the story.
Centre
2Right
4- China's Xi Jinping to visit India for first time in seven years as New Delhi hosts BRICS Summit (opens Times of India in a new tab)
Times of India — is Times of India biased? Our profile of this outlet
- Xi's India visit to help diplomatic thaw, but business ties bound by suspicion (opens The Straits Times in a new tab)
The Straits Times — is The Straits Times biased? Our profile of this outlet
- Dance of Tiger and Dragon: India-China Thaw Remains Cautious as BRICS Offers a Possible Modi-Xi Window (opens Latestly in a new tab)
- Dance of Tiger and Dragon: India-China thaw remains cautious as BRICS offers a possible Modi-Xi window - The Tribune (opens Tribune India in a new tab)
Tribune India — is Tribune India biased? Our profile of this outlet
Not rated
4- Xi's India visit may warm ties, but business trust still lacking - Hello Entrepreneurs (opens helloentrepreneurs.com in a new tab)
helloentrepreneurs.com — is helloentrepreneurs.com biased? Our profile of this outlet
- Xi India visit could deepen thaw, but business ties remain strained (opens Free Press Kashmir in a new tab)
Free Press Kashmir — is Free Press Kashmir biased? Our profile of this outlet
- With Less than 24 Hours Left for the BRICS Summit to Begin, Suspense Remains over Xi Jinping's Arrival. (opens TV9 Hindi in a new tab)
- India-China thaw remains cautious, BRICS may open Modi-Xi window (opens awazthevoice.in in a new tab)
awazthevoice.in — is awazthevoice.in biased? Our profile of this outlet
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