This week, Chinese President Xi Jinping hosted world leaders—including Russia’s Vladimir Putin, North Korea’s Kim Jong-un, and, most notably, India’s Prime Minister Narendra Modi—to showcase China’s vision of a new world order, one that diverges from U.S. leadership. Modi’s presence signals a strain in U.S. and India relationship, worsened by tariffs under the Trump administration, and raises questions about whether India is moving toward China or simply seeking to leverage its relationship with America.
