Huge potential for bilateral cooperation, says China ahead of Modi's visit

Beijing

ASIAN giants China and India have great potential for cooperation, Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi said on Wednesday, seeking to cast the neighbours' difficult ties in a positive light ahead of a visit next week by India's prime minister.

The two agreed this week to de-escalate a more than two-month-old stand-off on their disputed border, just in time for Sunday's kick-off of a summit of the BRICS grouping of nations…