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This brief discusses Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s visit to China in mid-May 2015 and its significance for Sino-Indian relations. The author notes that the visit helped maintain the economic momentum of previous years in Sino-Indian relations by expanding and deepening the collaboration between Chinese and Indian businesses and government institutions. The major economic and strategic takeaway of the visit was Modi’s announcement of e-visas for Chinese tourists, a confidence-building measure that will expand people-to-people contacts between China and India.