Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi met Chinese President Xi Jinping on the sidelines of the SCO summit. The meeting comes in the backdrop of the U.S. President Donald Trump’s tariffs. The two leaders discussed a host of issues and agreed to take forward ties based on mutual trust, respect & sensitivity. The Indian PM will now meet with Russian president Vladimir Putin on Monday. So why are PM Modi’s meetings in China important? Are the meetings in China a direct message to U.S. president Donald Trump? Hindustan Times’ Executive Editor Shishir Gupta decodes all these issues in the latest edition of Point Blank.

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