As soon as Prime Minister Narendra Modi landed in Xi’an, China on Thursday morning, the shutterbugs captured his every gesture.
The media followed him intently on his visits to the various temples and museums .
Soon, #ModiInChina started trending on Twitter and became the top trend in just a couple of hours.
Sure enough, there were some unflattering pictures of him doing rounds on the internet, but the best of the lot came from his visit to the Terracota Warriors Museum.
The museum houses a collection of terracotta sculptures depicting the armies of Qin Shi Huang, the first Emperor of China. It is one of the most significant archaeological excavations of the 20th century.
Keeping the above facts in mind, when images of PM poking a finger at one of the figure appeared, Twitter had a field day.
Here are some of the best reactions to Modi’s finger poking on Twitter:
Even former Prime Minister Manmohan Singh popped up in conversation: