Karthikeyan Sundaram Iain Marlow Bloomberg

As Prime Minister Narendra Modi bids for reelection, his party has said his skillful diplomacy on the world stage has increased India's global stature and brought in a flood of investment.

President Donald Trump's moves to protect U.S. trade interests are creating unusual bedfellows in Asia. India and China, longstanding economic and strategic rivals, are seeing a thaw in relations less than a year after the most serious border flare-up since a war in 1962 threatened ties between the two Asian giants.

As Prime Minister Narendra Modi bids for reelection, his party has said his skillful diplomacy on the world stage has increased India's global stature and brought in a flood of investment.

President Donald Trump's moves to protect U.S. trade interests are creating unusual bedfellows in Asia. India and China, longstanding economic and strategic rivals, are seeing a thaw in relations less than a year after the most serious border flare-up since a war in 1962 threatened ties between the two Asian giants.