Chinese artist depicts Narendra Modi and XI Jinping

Prime Minister Narendra Modi today arrived at Xi’an on a three-day visit to China during which he will hold summit talks with Chinese President Xi Jinping on a range of issues including the festering border dispute. Modi, who is on his first visit to China as Prime Minister, began 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. He later visited the famous Buddhist Dashang temple in Shaanxi province, the home province of President Xi. Xi is expected to accompany Modi in the evening to the famous Wild Goose Pagoda, the magnificent structure built in sixth century. 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 will address a business get-together, inaugurate the first Mahatma Gandhi chair at Fudan University and address the Indian community. Saumya yes

China is the first leg of Modi's three-nation tour that include a visit to Mongolia and South Korea.