Indian and Chinese soldiers pulled back from a stand-off on a Himalayan plateau on Thursday, helping salvage the mood during a rare visit by China’s President Xi Jinping to New Delhi aimed at opening a new phase in cooperation between Asia’s giants.
Dozens of soldiers from both sides had faced off on the Ladakh plateau in the western Himalayas for over a week in a dispute about construction in the border region that threatened to overshadow Xi’s talks with India’s new prime minister, Narendra Modi.