India, Oct. 11 -- Scepticism surrounding Chinese diplomatic agreements is highly justified given the historical pattern of unilateral actions along the LAC

A day after the September 12-13, 2026, BRICS Summit attended by Chinese President Xi Jinping and preceded by the August 25, 2026, Special Representative Talks on the India-China Boundary Question in Beijing, India's Ministry of Defence (MoD) publicly released its 2025-26 Annual Report, stating that the PLA had scaled down its deployments opposite India's northern borders. The timing of this report led to viral social media claims and news summaries inadvertently implying that the troop pullback was an immediate, direct result of the 2026 summit. Soon afterwards, the MoD clarified that...