Five years after the deadly Galwan Valley clash, India and China are suddenly warming up again. Flights are restarting, a Modi-Xi meeting is on the cards, and Beijing says that the setbacks of the past years were not in anybody's interests.

But is this thaw for real or just another chapter in the freeze-thaw cycle of India-China relations?

In this episode of In Our Defence, host Dev Goswami and national security expert Sandeep Unnithan unpack:

- The Galwan clash and Operation Snow Leopard

- India's mountain warfare edge vs China's infrastructure push

- Why negotiations dragged on for 5 years

- What Beijing and Delhi each gain from a "thaw"

- The China angle during India's Operation Sindoor

- The Donald Trump factor and whether it's pushing India and China closer