China’s official media welcomed Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s initiative to open an account on the popular Chinese social micro-blog Weibo, saying he scored a “big hit” ahead of his visit to China next week.
“Modi scores big hit with micro blog in run-up to visit,” read the headline in the state-run English language China Daily, while another official newspaper Global Times headline says ‘Modi debuts on Weibo ahead of state visit to China’.





