 "PM Narendra Modi arrives in China, begins visit from President Xi Jinping's hometown")
Prime Minister Narendra Modi reached China on Thursday morning on a three-day visit during which he will hold summit talks with Chinese President Xi Jinping on a range of issues including the festering border dispute and China’s plans for infrastructure projects in PoK. Modi, who is undertaking his first visit to China as Prime Minister, would begin his day with a visit to the famous Terracotta Warriors museum which has a large collection of terracotta sculptures depicting the armies of Qin Shi Huang, the first Emperor of China.
Not an ordinary city. Not an ordinary welcome. PM @narendramodi being greeted at Xi’an airport. pic.twitter.com/WnXVapyGGJ
— Randhir Jaiswal (@MEAIndia) May 13, 2015
Ni Hao!. PM @narendramodi arrives in the historic city of Xi’an, on the first leg of his China visit pic.twitter.com/WYA8A5kl1M
— Randhir Jaiswal (@MEAIndia) May 13, 2015
PM @narendramodi leaves for China. He will be travelling to China, Mongolia and South Korea on bilateral visits. pic.twitter.com/93oLARiC9U
— PMO India (@PMOIndia) May 13, 2015
He would later visit the famous Buddhist Dashang temple in Shaanxi province, the home province of President Xi, who has restored its old glory by making it the headquarters of his mega Silk Road projects. Xi will join Modi in the afternoon and the two leaders would spend nearly about five hours with restricted as well as informal talks to build on their rapport discussing the most contentious issues like border dispute and China’s big push to rope in reluctant India into the Silk Road projects, specially the maritime silk road (MSR) over which India has strong reservations. [caption id=“attachment_2243382” align=“alignleft” width=“380” class=" “]  A file image of PM Narendra Modi and Chinese President Xi Jinping. AFP[/caption] India has raised with China its concerns over huge Chinese investments in Pakistan-occupied Kashmir (PoK) following President Xi Jinping’s trip to Pakistan last month. In Xi’an, Modi will be hosted by Xi, departing from normal protocol to reciprocate gesture by Modi in Ahmedabad when the Chinese leader visited India in September last year. Xi would accompany him to the famous Wild Goose Pagoda, the magnificent structure built in sixth century to commemorate the visit of a spiritual structure build to highlight famous Chinese Buddhist monk Xuan Zang’s 17-year-long journey. Modi would also be accorded traditional Tang dynasty welcome followed by a banquet by Xi. The two countries are set to announce a multi-million joint film production to reconstruct Xuan’s epic journey. After informal interaction with the Chinese President, Modi will leave for Beijing late in the evening. He is scheduled to hold talks with Premier Li Keqiang next day and go to Shanghai where he would address a business get-together, inaugurate the first Mahatma Gandhi chair at Fudan University and address the Indian community. He is being accompanied by National Security Advisor Ajit Doval, Foreign Secretary S Jaishankar and senior officials. China is the first leg of Modi’s three-nation tour that will also take him to Mongolia and South Korea. PTI
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