Right shifting negative numbers in C

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I have C code in which I do the following.

int nPosVal = +0xFFFF;   // + Added for ease of understanding
int nNegVal = -0xFFFF;   // - Added for valid reason

Now when I try

printf ("%d %d", nPosVal >> 1, nNegVal >> 1);

I get

32767 -32768

Is this expected?

I am able to think something like

65535 >> 1 = (int) 32767.5 = 32767
-65535 >> 1 = (int) -32767.5 = -32768

That is, -32767.5 is rounded off to -32768.

Is this understanding correct?

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