Ni Hao China! PM debuts on Chinese Twitter, Weibo
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And the world leader with third-largest following on
Launched in 2009, Weibo means "microblog" in Chinese. Like Twitter, Weibo lets users to post comments, updates, pictures and videos. Western analysts have good words for the microblog, which they feel has given Chinese citizens a platform to engage and interact with other users, often discussing issues and topics outlawed by Beijing's infamous strict censorship.
????!??????????????. Hello China! Looking forward to interacting with Chinese friends through Weibo. pic.twitter.com/yQcKn9bqTE
" Narendra Modi (@narendramodi) May 4,
2015
Huang Xilian, deputy director general of Asian affairs, said Beijing wants India and China to act as a "bridge" for the development of Nepal and Sri Lanka so as to reduce strategic rivalry between the two Asian giants and firm up their strategic influence in the region."There are lot of perceptions about border issue. So long as the two leaderships have strong political will we have good prospects for the resolution of the border issue," Huang said at a briefing to Indian media about Modi's visit which is expected to take place in the third week of next month.
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The event will be the grand finale for Modi's China visit from May 14 to 16. He will head for South Korea from there. He will head for South Korea from there. The Prime Minister will start his three-nation tour with Mongolia on May 12. BJP leader Ram Madhav was in China earlier this week and is believed to have finalised details of the event, which is going to be like "nothing seen in China" before. The party is in the process of ensuring a huge turnout at the event.
"We are reaching out to the burgeoning Indian community in China and the huge NRI population in Hong Kong comprising Gujaratis, Sindhis and Marwaris. They are all extremely enthusiastic about the event," a senior BJP leader told ET. Estimates put the number of Indians in China at 45,000, including13,000 students. The rest are businessmen and professionals working in various multi-national companies in cities like Beijing, Shanghai,
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