The Chinese president came, he saw but did he conquer? The Modi government rolled out the red carpet for Xi Jinping to India last week.
The Indian prime minister personally welcomed Xi and his wife in his home state of Gujarat where pacts were signed for setting up industrial parks for Chinese enterprise to bring Chinese investments to Gujarat, and establishing sister province-state relations between Guangdong and Gujarat and between Guangzhou City and Ahmedabad.
Modi was the perfect host showcasing his home state's culture for the visiting dignitaries, and Xi was the perfect guest, paying tribute to Mahatma Gandhi at the Sabarmati Ashram, and sitting barefoot to work a spinning wheel or charkha. Xi's singer wife, Peng Liyuan, even interacted with Indian students and won their hearts with her easy charm and grace.