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The scheduled informal meeting between India’s Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Chinese President Xi Jinping on 27 and 28 April 2018 in Wuhan, China, is widely perceived as an attempt to reset the relationship between the two countries. This paper argues that the Chinese and Indian motivations for the meeting are different. As such, the meeting is likely to produce much positive hype, but it may not succeed in achieving any far-reaching outcomes for both countries.