Modi Arrives In China's Xian As Part Of Tri-Nation Tour

XI’AN: Prime Minister Narendra Modi, this morning reached the Chinese city of Xian on the first leg of his three-nation tour that will see him visiting China, Mongolia and South Korea.

The Prime Minister was accorded with a traditional welcome upon his arrival.

“Not an ordinary city. Not an ordinary welcome. Prime Minister being greeted at Xi’an airport,” Vikas Swarup, spokesperson of the Ministry of External Affairs tweeted along with a picture of Mr. Modi.

Xian is the hometown of Chinese President Xi Jinping.

For China, India has always been both an irritant and a foil—a strategic irritant but also a strategic foil. It is perhaps this fact that kept China away from India. Modi’s visit to China could bring more clarity on China’s stand on India.

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