Wang Yi’s recent visits to India, Afghanistan and Pakistan signalled a specific message for each country, and the wider region
The stops were not random. They were sequenced with intent, each one revealing something about China’s ambitions, South Asia’s anxieties and the increasingly fragile scaffolding of global power.
Wang began in New Delhi, India. On August 19, he met with Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Indian Foreign Minister Subrahmanyam Jaishankar. The optics were cordial, but the subtext was unmistakable: China was offering a tactical reset, not a warm embrace.
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