Xi urges Modi: China and India should learn from each other as Global South powers

Chinese President Xi Jinping told Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi that China and India carry "significant responsibilities" as Global South powers and should learn from each other’s strengths, a message Xi delivered when the two met on the sidelines of the BRICS summit in New Delhi (per scmp.com).

India characterized the exchange as an affirmation that "differences should not become disputes," signaling a shared interest in managing bilateral frictions without escalation (per scmp.com).

Xi’s appeal frames the relationship as one of mutual capacity-building among rising powers rather than a zero-sum contest; India’s wording emphasized restraint and dispute-management in parallel (per scmp.com).

The meeting – held amid the BRICS leaders’ gathering – positioned both capitals to present cooperative rhetoric to fellow Global South members while avoiding public confrontation over their outstanding disagreements (per scmp.com).

Neither source text attached a specific date to the leaders’ comments beyond situating them at the BRICS summit in New Delhi, and both accounts limit their reporting to leaders’ statements rather than listing concrete follow-up steps or agreements (per scmp.com).

The encounter underscores how Beijing and New Delhi are pitching their relationship to other developing countries: as partners who can learn from each other’s strengths and jointly shoulder responsibilities, even as both sides continue to manage bilateral differences away from public dispute (per scmp.com).

• Only scmp.com frames the meeting as Xi urging mutual learning and records India’s line that "differences should not become disputes" (per scmp.com).

• No source disputes the leaders’ statements, but scmp.com provides only leaders’ quoted language without independent verification of follow-up actions (per scmp.com).

• No source in this pack mentions specific outstanding triggers or incidents along the China–India border that preceded the leaders’ remarks.
• No source mentions civilian or military casualty figures, if any, related to bilateral tensions.
• No source cites any concrete economic projects, trade figures, or timelines tied to the leaders’ call to "learn from each other."
• No source mentions involvement by third-party governments in mediating China–India ties or any institutional mechanisms for dispute resolution between the two governments.

• No differing numerical figures appear across sources in this pack.

• scmp.com reports leaders’ statements but does not establish a causal chain of a prior action that triggered the meeting’s conciliatory language (per scmp.com).

• The language "significant responsibilities" and "learn from each other's strengths" is attributed to Xi Jinping; the phrase "differences should not become disputes" is attributed to India (per scmp.com).