U.S. Media Sees Much At Stake In Xi's India Visit

 The Time magazine said the first visit by a Chinese head of state in eight years underscored "the increasingly important economic and strategic partnership between the world's two most populous nations".

"China is India's largest trading partner and trade and investment will undoubtedly be foremost on both leaders' minds," it said.

"Geo-strategic cooperation between the two countries is slightly trickier, and has been marked by contentious border disputes and maritime disagreements," Time noted.

"However, it increasingly seems that the border disputes will not occupy much of the conversation between Xi and Modi, at least not publicly," the newsmagazine suggested.

Meawhile, previewing Modi's upcoming visit to the U.S., Nisha Desai Biswal, assistant secretary for South and Central Asian affairs, reiterated that the U.S. has a broad relationship with India and wanted New Delhi to have good relationships with all its friends in the region, including China.

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