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A series of events have made this day a remarkable one. While #ModiinChina is trending on social media, <keyword id="6354616" type="CITY" weightage="20" keywordseo="Twitter">Twitter</keyword> broke, thanks to meme experts and Photoshop specialists splashing out some kickass hilarious stuff. 
 But, honestly speaking, after a fruitful day of strategic discussions with China’s <keyword id="2540" type="POSITION" weightage="20" keywordseo="President">President</keyword> <keyword id="191809" type="PERSON" weightage="20" keywordseo="Xi-Jinping">Xi Jinping</keyword>,the <keyword id="71" type="POSITION" weightage="20" keywordseo="Prime-Minister">Prime Minister</keyword> would require a good night’s sleep. 
 But before that all important ‘beauty sleep’ would come the ‘pet puja’. And if you have been wondering what would Modi have for dinner after a stressful day, the <keyword id="6374106" type="ORGANIZATION" weightage="20" keywordseo="Ministry-of-External-Affairs">Ministry of External Affairs</keyword> would satiate your curiosity. 
 
As shared in the Twitter handle of MEA, China’s culinary hospitality to Modi would include an all vegetarian menu: 
 
Sour and spicy soup with fired dough 
Assorted vegetables with pancake and red bean rice 
Beancurd with mushroom 
Water chestnut with in bean sauce Braised asparagus and bamboo fungus with <keyword id="71296" type="COMPANY" weightage="20" keywordseo="Lotus">lotus</keyword> root 
Noodle, dumpling and pancake 
Fruits and sorbet 
 
Here's the screenshot: 
 
 
 The banquet dinner in <keyword id="298964" type="CITY" weightage="20" keywordseo="Xian">Xian</keyword> reads delicious certainly. It’s time for you to have your evening tea. 
 
(Image: Twitter)

#ModiinChina: Modi’s Chinese dinner

Indian <keyword id="6354814" type="UNKNOWN" weightage="80" keywordseo="prime-minister-Narendra-Modi">Prime Minister Narendra Modi</keyword> arrived in China on the first leg of his three-nation tour on Thursday. At the airport of Xian city, hometown of China President Xi Jinping, he was welcomed by a group of Chinese children, who performed a traditional dance. 
 <keyword id="6354642" type="PERSON" weightage="80" keywordseo="Modi">Modi</keyword>, 64, was also greeted by Chinese officials at the tarmac. 
 
 
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		The Prime Minister reached China a short while ago. <a href="http://t.co/tCiYOZa687">pic.twitter.com/tCiYOZa687</a>
	— PMO India (@PMOIndia) <a href="https://twitter.com/PMOIndia/status/598635533896536065">May 13, 2015</a></blockquote>
 
 
After his arrival, clad in a crisp white kurta and chudidaar, Modi visited the much famed Terracotta Army museum, which houses a collection of terracotta sculptures depicting the armies of Qin Shi Huang, the first Emperor of China. 
 
The ‘Terracotta Warriors and Horses’ Museum, a UNESCO world heritage site, is a form of funerary art buried with the Emperor in 210–209 BC whose purpose was to protect the Emperor in his afterlife. 
 
The army was created to help the Emperor rule in the afterlife. Chinese records state that the site was discovered in 1974 by farmers digging a well. 
 
 
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		Walking with Warriors. <a href="http://t.co/J1wo6kTW3Q">pic.twitter.com/J1wo6kTW3Q</a>
	— Vikas Swarup (@MEAIndia) <a href="https://twitter.com/MEAIndia/status/598701247248474112">May 14, 2015</a></blockquote>
 
 
 
Modi also signed the visitor’s book at the museum in which he wrote: “The Terracotta Army is a heritage of the world. It is a testimony to China’s civilizational achievements. I am deeply impressed by t he extraordinary care with which this precious heritage has been preserved.” 
 
 
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		Sharing thoughts in the visitors book. <a href="http://t.co/vC1GLBgP5l">pic.twitter.com/vC1GLBgP5l</a>
	— PMO India (@PMOIndia) <a href="https://twitter.com/PMOIndia/status/598693438880550913">May 14, 2015</a></blockquote>
 
Later on, he also visited Daxingshan Temple and saw translations of Buddhist sutras, which were brought by a monk to Xian from India 
thousands of years ago. 
 
 
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		Famous Buddhist teacher Dharmagupta came to Xian from Gujarat in 590 CE &amp; translated 12 Sanskrit works into Chinese <a href="http://t.co/EMacoF51XF">pic.twitter.com/EMacoF51XF</a>
	— Vikas Swarup (@MEAIndia) <a href="https://twitter.com/MEAIndia/status/598709522518048768">May 14, 2015</a></blockquote>
 
 
The Indian Prime Minister is also scheduled to meet Xi later in the afternoon, in an unusual departure from the protocol as top Chinese leaders almost never travel outside Beijing to meet senior foreign guests on bilateral visits. 
 
Modi, who will be in China till May 16, will visit Beijing and Shanghai. 
 
Meanwhile, during his visit, Modi and Xi are expected to address the contentious border issue, which has been hampering negotiations since 13 years. 
 
China's Ambassador to India, Le Yucheng, told a news channel that deals worth $10 billion were also expected to be signed during Indian PM’s visit. 
 
When Xi had visited India last year in September, China had announced $20 billion in investments over five years, including setting up of two industrial parks.

Modi arrives in China for three-day visit, gets warm welcome

Reciprocating Prime Minister <keyword id="6354477" type="PERSON" weightage="80" keywordseo="Narendra-Modi">Narendra Modi</keyword>’s move to invite <keyword id="14566" type="UNKNOWN" weightage="80" keywordseo="Chinese-President">Chinese President</keyword> <keyword id="191809" type="PERSON" weightage="100" keywordseo="Xi-Jinping">Xi Jinping</keyword> to his home state Gujarat, the Jinping, too, has invited Modi to his hometown <keyword id="298964" type="CITY" weightage="100" keywordseo="Xian">Xian</keyword>. 
 
Xian is a tourist town which showcases the Terracotta warriors. It is the same town where Buddhist monk Hiuen Tsang spent his last years after his return from India about 2,000 years ago. 
 
“When he came back to China, he stayed in my hometown, Xian, to translate and spread Buddhist thoughts to Chinese people,” Jinping said. 
 
As per historical records, Hiuen Tsang started his travels when he was 28 (in 629 AD), and recorded his travels in Gujarat, where he referred to towns like Bharuch, Malwa, Idar and Valabhi.

Xi Jinping Invites Modi To Visit His Hometown

After a fruitful day in Xi’an city, Indian Prime Minister <keyword id="6354477" type="PERSON" weightage="80" keywordseo="Narendra-Modi">Narendra Modi</keyword> arrived in Beijing on Friday, the second day of his three-day China visit. 
 He was accorded a ceremonial welcome at Great Hall of People and met his Chinese counterpart <keyword id="191503" type="PERSON" weightage="80" keywordseo="Li-Keqiang">Li Keqiang</keyword>, from where they both proceeded for delegation-level talks and signing of agreements. 
 
India and China exchanged 20 agreements, including railways, education exchange programme, space cooperation, ocean sciences, etc. Deals worth $23 billion are expected to be signed between both the nations during Modi’s visit out of which $10 billion deals were signed today. 
 
While meeting Li, Modi stressed that China needed to reconsider its approach on some issues like border and its support to India’s rival Pakistan. 
 
However, he said that such issues should not hold both the countries back in realising full potential of the partnership. 
 
“We agreed that as we move ahead, we should be sensitive to each other's interests; strengthen mutual trust and confidence; continue to manage our difference with maturity; and, seek solutions to outstanding issues,” he said while making a statement. 
 
Having said that, both the South-Asian giants also sought to work together and help each other to emerge as powerful world economies. 
 
Later on, he is scheduled to address the first Forum of Leaders of the Regions of India and Beijing, which will be attended by Chief Ministers of Gujarat and Maharashtra. 
 Modi, who arrived in China on Thursday, met Chinese President <keyword id="191809" type="PERSON" weightage="80" keywordseo="Xi-Jinping">Xi Jinping</keyword> in the latter’s hometown, Xi’an, and worked out to enhance ties, despite years of mistrust. 
 
Both the nations face an array of issues, including border dispute and China’s backing to Pakistan. Meanwhile, Chinese President Xi urged Modi to work together to promote the international order in a fair direction. 
 
During his stay in Xi’an, Modi also visited Daxingshan Temple, Terracotta Army museum and Giant Wild Goose Pagoda. 
 
Modi is on a three-nation tour in which he will also visit Mongolia and South Korea and the visits will end on May 19. 
 
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Modi says this is the year of India and China

<keyword id="71" type="POSITION" weightage="20" keywordseo="Prime-Minister">Prime Minister</keyword> <keyword id="6354477" type="PERSON" weightage="20" keywordseo="Narendra-Modi">Narendra Modi</keyword>’s visit to China has been an ambitious and a fruitful one till now. While back to back talks and discussions have made people inquisitive in both the countries, most Chinese dailies <keyword id="258434" type="ENTERTAINMENT" weightage="20" keywordseo="This-Morning">this morning</keyword> have put Modi’s outing in their country on top priority. 
 Today seems to be more eventful than yesterday. After his grand reception at the Great Hall of People in the capital city of <keyword id="1333" type="COMPANY" weightage="20" keywordseo="Beijing">Beijing</keyword>, Chinese <keyword id="4744" type="POSITION" weightage="20" keywordseo="premier">Premier</keyword> <keyword id="191503" type="PERSON" weightage="20" keywordseo="Li-Keqiang">Li Keqiang</keyword> settled for formal talks with Modi. The topics of discussion included the controversial border issue as well as Chinese <keyword id="6362476" type="ORGANIZATION" weightage="20" keywordseo="investments">investments</keyword> in India. 
 
This is the second round of bi-lateral talks Modi is holding with the Chinese leadership during his on-going three-day China trip. 
 Yesterday, he talked over five hours with Chinese <keyword id="2540" type="POSITION" weightage="20" keywordseo="President">President</keyword> <keyword id="191809" type="PERSON" weightage="20" keywordseo="Xi-Jinping">Xi Jinping</keyword> during which all the contentious issues including the border issue were discussed. Today's talks were the extension of yesterday's Modi-Xi talks. 
 
As per a news report in The Economic Times, Modi is eyeing deals worth $23.5 billion to be signed as collaboration with Chinese companies. These include a $2.5-billion financing for <a href="http://economictimes.indiatimes.com/bharti-airtel-ltd/stocks/companyid-2718.cms" target="_blank">Bharti Airtel</a> from Chinese lenders, a $3.5-billion venture by the <a href="http://economictimes.indiatimes.com/topic/Adani-Group" target="_blank">Adani Group</a> as well as big-ticket investments by <keyword id="45609" type="CITY" weightage="20" keywordseo="JSW-Steel">JSW Steel</keyword>, GMR and Welspun. With the exception of Bharti, the other companies are likely to sign joint venture agreements with Chinese partners. 
 
In a joint statement with China's Premier Li Keqiang, Modi said, "We are pleased with the progress on the commitments from the Summit last September. This includes cooperation in the Railways, where we have identified specific projects, and the two Chinese industrial parks in Gujarat and Maharashtra." 
 
According to a news report in The Economic Times, China's Premier Li Keqiang said that China and India need to strengthen mutual political trust so that together they can build a fairer and more reasonable international order. 
 
India and China have signed twenty-four key agreements in a wide range of sectors. PM Modi is on a three-day visit to China as the two world's two largest countries by population work to boost economic ties. 
 The official <keyword id="6354616" type="CITY" weightage="20" keywordseo="Twitter">Twitter</keyword> handle of the <keyword id="6374106" type="ORGANIZATION" weightage="20" keywordseo="Ministry-of-External-Affairs">Ministry of External Affairs</keyword> has shared on Twitter the key agreements signed between India and China. Here’s the list:<a href="https://twitter.com/MEAIndia/status/599062608075890688/photo/1">https://twitter.com/MEAIndia/status/599062608075890688/photo/1</a> 
 Modi arrived in Beijing last night from Xi’an. After rounds of meetings, Modi would address the students of <keyword id="167708" type="ORGANIZATION" weightage="20" keywordseo="Tsinghua-University">Tsinghua university</keyword> and attend a demonstration of Yoga-Tai Chi, a Chinese variant of the martial art. 
 Modi’s bucket list for the last day tomorrow includes meeting a number of CEOs of top Chinese companies and open the first Gandhian studies centre at <keyword id="132970" type="ORGANIZATION" weightage="20" keywordseo="Fudan-University">Fudan university</keyword> and address Indian community in <keyword id="6368000" type="COMPANY" weightage="20" keywordseo="Shanghai">Shanghai</keyword> after which he will leave for <keyword id="3663" type="COUNTRY" weightage="20" keywordseo="Mongolia">Mongolia</keyword>. 
 
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Modi’s Day in China today

Prime Minister <keyword id="6354477" type="PERSON" weightage="80" keywordseo="Narendra-Modi">Narendra Modi</keyword>, who arrived in Xi’an for three-day China visit, met Chinese President <keyword id="191809" type="PERSON" weightage="80" keywordseo="Xi-Jinping">Xi Jinping</keyword>, who broke the protocol to meet the Indian premier. 
 
It was an unusual departure from the protocol as top Chinese leaders almost never go outside Beijing to meet guests on bilateral tours. As per experts, this was a sign of warming relations between the leaders of the South-Asian giants as Xi would be accompanying the Indian premier throughout his stay in Xi’an. 
 
This is Modi’s first tour to China since he was elected in May this year. 
 
Modi and Xi are expected to address a slew of issues when they sit down for delegation-level talks, including the border issue that has been a bone of contention between the two nations and China's plans for infrastructure projects in Pakistan Occupied Kashmir. 
 
As per sources, China' stapled visas for people of Arunachal Pradesh will also be raised. 
 
China claims Arunachal Pradesh as part of southern Tibet, a stand firmly refuted by India. 
 
During his visit, Modi will also push for his 'Make in India' campaign, as he plans to turn India into a manufacturing hub. 
 
Earlier in the day, Modi visited the much famed Terracotta Army museum, which houses a collection of terracotta sculptures depicting the armies of Qin Shi Huang, the first Emperor of China. 
 
He also paid a visit to Daxingshan Temple and saw translations of Buddhist sutras, which were brought by a monk to Xian from India thousands of years ago. 
 
Later in the evening, a banquet will be hosted by President Xi for Modi, before he flies to Beijing, where he will meet his Chinese counterpart Li Keqian. 
 
China's Ambassador to India, Le Yucheng, told a news channel that deals worth $10 billion were also expected to be signed during Indian PM's visit. 
 
When Xi had visited India last year in September, China had announced $20 billion in investments over five years, including setting up of two industrial parks. 
 
(Image: Reuters)

Modi and Xi talk about greater
Hindi-Chini ties

All of India has been intently listening to PM <keyword id="6354477" type="PERSON" weightage="80" keywordseo="Narendra-Modi">Narendra Modi</keyword> over the past one year in the country, but now it is China’s turn. 
 
Modi, who is on a three-day visit to China, is leaving no possible opportunity to connect with the bureaucrats as well as nationals of China. And the speech that he gave today at the <keyword id="167708" type="ORGANIZATION" weightage="80" keywordseo="Tsinghua-University">Tsinghua University</keyword> just shows how he is leaving no stone unturned to encourage co-operation, trade and economy between India and China. 
 
While addressing the students of Tsinghua University on the second day of his three-day China visit, where he was accompanied by Foreign Minister Wang Yi and University President Qiu Yong, he said, “...a resurgent Asia was seeking a bigger voice in global affairs, emphasising that India and China were mulling a greater role in the world, be it in United Nations Security Council or the new Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank.” 
 
PM Modi’s decision to address the Chinese youth was a conscious one because he believes the ‘youth’ is the future of both the economies. 
 
To immediately connect with the audience, he chose to begin his speech in Mandarin and then didn’t stop until he conveyed a stronger message stating that 21st century would be the Asian century. He said, “The prospects of the 21st century becoming the Asian century will depend in large measure on what India and China achieve individually and what we do together. The rising fortunes of 2.5 billion pairs of joined hands will be of the greatest consequence for our region and the humanity.” 
 
The Indian premier went on to project India as a land of huge opportunities, saying the country had everything on offer, right from skills to manpower. 
 
“The aspirations of 800 million people in India, who are below the age of 35 years, in energy and skills would push India’s economic transformation to a new level,” said Modi. 
 
In a bid to engage better with China, Modi, in his signature style, connected proverbs of both the nations—and said that like China, India also believed in “wealth that increases by giving, wealth is knowledge and is supreme of all possessions.” 
 
He also picked up pieces from the history to emphasise on the stronger ties India and China have shared in the earlier centuries. 
 
His address would have sounded incomplete, had the man not pitched his ‘Make in India’ for once, and he did mention it without any inhibitions—despite knowing that China is itself the proverbial production hub of the world for almost a decade now. 
 
“During President Xi's visit last September, we set for ourselves a new level of ambition for our cooperation. Partnership in modernizing Indian railways, two Chinese industrial parks in India, commitments of 20 billion dollars in investments into India over the next five years partnership in our Make in India Mission: This is the shape of our future,” he expressed. 
 
Modi also spoke about the contentious border issue and took a tough stand on it while emphasising on the fact that these disagreement should not hamper relationships. 
 
“It is because neither side knows where the Line of Actual Control is in these areas. That is why I have proposed resuming the process of clarifying it. We can do this without prejudice to our position on the boundary question. We should think of creative solutions to issues that have become irritants - from visa policies to trans-border rivers,” he said. 
 Modi, who is in Beijing on second day of his three-day China visit, met his Chinese counterpart <keyword id="191503" type="PERSON" weightage="80" keywordseo="Li-Keqiang">Li Keqiang</keyword> earlier in the day and delegation of both the countries signed over 20 agreements, worth nearly $10 billion. 
 Indian PM landed in China on Thursday in Xi’an city, where he met Chinese President <keyword id="191809" type="PERSON" weightage="80" keywordseo="Xi-Jinping">Xi Jinping</keyword>. 
 
On Saturday, Modi will visit Shanghai and meet industrialists, and invite them to participate in ‘Make in India’ campaign. Sounds like a real ambitious plan, doesn’t it? 
 
(Image: Twitter)

PM Modi’s chutzpah moment, a speech begining in mandarin, followed by a stern warning and a warm welcome

Prime Minister <keyword id="6354477" type="PERSON" weightage="20" keywordseo="Narendra-Modi">Narendra Modi</keyword>’s China trip is his 17th foreign nation visit since he assumed office. Though his China tour would last only for three days---May 14th to 16th—but the attractions of his trip are countless. The list includes: thunderous speeches by public figures; the visit to Xian, hometown of Chinese Premier; the cultural hoopla-hoos in various ceremonies; the business and trade partnership during his <keyword id="1333" type="COMPANY" weightage="20" keywordseo="Beijing">Beijing</keyword> visit and finally, and his undoubtedly charming address to the Shanghai youth. 
 
Even though the bonding between the two Asian rivals is crucial, Modi’s visit does not lead to such jaw-dropping anticipation as many might believe---or even hope for. Experts wonder how his physical trip to a historically sparring country could take issues forward to a point we want them to. 
 
To look back, both the countries have long-standing commercials, historical and ‘conflicting’ links. The clouds over their relationship continue to loom in spite of decades of effort. 
 
To begin with, the root casue of the dispute was a 3,500-km border in the Himalayas that sputtered into a war in1962 and involved large tracts. 
 
China claims that 90,000 square kilometres in the eastern sector of the Himalayas belongs to it. India considers it to be an Indian state of Arunachal Pradesh, but China calls it South Tibet. India objects to China occupying 38,000 square kilometres of its land on the Aksai Chin plateau in the west. 
 
Moreover, both nations have always been military and economic competitors. Last month, India increased its defense budget by 11% to $40 billion, even though it cannot match China’s frigates or defence preparedness. 
 Chinese business penetration in the littoral states of the Indian Ocean raises some concern, so India is hoping to defuse issues. After China, Modi’s visit to Seychelles, Mauritius and then <keyword id="6355572" type="COUNTRY" weightage="20" keywordseo="Sri-Lanka">Sri Lanka</keyword> would be the first visit by an Indian Prime Minister in 28 years, for he hopes to “expand military as well as economic ties.” 
 
President Xi’s visit eight months back made the two countries thrash all the issues that dog them: the boundary dispute, trade, investment, market access, the maritime Silk Route, Kailash-Mansarovar... the list is endless. 
 
The joint statement between the two nations on Building a Closer Developmental Partnership was issued on September 19, 2014 after President Xi’s team went into every pettifogging issue. 
 Yet, the biggest thorn in the flesh is still stuck there. Last September, when President <keyword id="191809" type="PERSON" weightage="20" keywordseo="Xi-Jinping">Xi Jinping</keyword> visited India for his first summit talks with Modi, China intruded into Chumar. 
 
This year, in February, Modi’s visit to Arunachal Pradesh in order to open two development projects had China fuming again. The foreign ministry released a condemnatory press release. The Chinese vice-foreign minister thundered at the Indian ambassador that the PM had transgressed “China’s territorial sovereignty, rights and interests” and that “violates the consensus to appropriately handle the border issue”. 
Modi, not to be left out, retorted: “Arunachal Pradesh is an integral part of India and will always remain so…China will also have to leave behind its mindset of expansion.” 
 
Fortunately, India is also an emerging Asian giant---or at least seems to be---and China cannot afford not to play its cards, although that huge nation has a strong bond with India’s arch enemy, Pakistan, 
 
China is also wary of India’s role in setting up the ‘Quadrilateral Initiative’---a formal defence pact among India, US, Japan and Australia, effectively isolating China. There are hints that the plan would even include Central Asia, Mongolia, the Korean peninsula, and all other countries in Southeast Asia except China. 
 
Fortunately, the disputed region of Arunachal Pradesh does not parallel the Kashmir issue, which dogs the Indo-Pak relationship. While aggressive Pakistan looks at the K-problem as a “plus point”, and a driver of their terrorist, anti-India policy, China is groping for solutions. While the Chinese are as patriotically passionate about the disputed land as Indians say they are, they also recently appear willing to compromise, with a give-and-take approach. 
 
Hence, in recent days, the mood seems to have softened, with China soft-pedalling its approach, and trying to woo, rather than hard-sell its intentions. Although the Chinese want to oppose the visits to a disputed area, they do want to keep the objections moderate. 
 Experts claim that the Chinese are putting in a lot of effort to keep the border tension-free in the last five months. When <keyword id="6355111" type="PERSON" weightage="20" keywordseo="Sushma-Swaraj">Sushma Swaraj</keyword> visited China, the Chinese chiefs seemed to be eager to take the relationship to a high level. The signals showed that the talks between Swaraj and her Chinese counterpart Wang Yi was characterised by “extraordinary warmth and cordiality”. 
 
The wording of their “protests” seem muted, though the content is the same, with China mentioning that they do not recognize the McMahon Line as well as the three areas 'belonging' to it. In the latest protest, the Chinese foreign ministry asked for a “fair and reasonable” resolution of the border issue through negotiations. 
 
“At the moment the boundary negotiations are in the process of building up small, positive steps,” Chinese foreign minister Wang Yi said recently. “It is like climbing a mountain. The going is tough, that is only because we are on the way up,” he added. 
 
Modi’s visit, then, may be just the tip of an iceberg, or the first step in a long haul. There are hints of bilateral thrust-and-parry as well as compromise in the tone, attitude and unspoken desires of both countries. 
 
If this one large and killing problem of disputed land is nailed, then, the Asian giants can hold hands on every other issue. They may not even call for pompously heralded heads-of-states to visit each other.

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