The coming week begins with the arrival of US Secretaries of State and Defense, Mike Pompeo and Mark Esper, in New Delhi. Now, these 2+2 talks have been an ongoing process for some time. Whatever the struggles and niggles on trade, India-US strategic ties have grown phenomenally. ThePrint's Editor-in-Chief Shekhar Gupta explains why two of the most important members of the US Administration fly all the way to India, just a week before the US elections, in times of the pandemic and where does China fit in the scenario.