Prime Minister, Narendra Modi has greeted Chinese President Xi Jinping and Premier Li Keqiang on their respective birthdays, despite India and China’s aggressive stance at the border over a proposed Chinese road in Bhutan’s Doklam plateau.
However, with China’s defence ministry warning India not to “harbour any unrealistic illusions” about China’s security interests, Modi’s “birthday diplomacy” hardly brought any result so far.
On Xi’s birthday on June 15, PM Modi conveyed his best wishes on Weibo. “I met him in Astana SCO (Shanghai Cooperation Organisation) summit a few days ago, and we had effective talk on how to develop Sino-India relationship,” PM had said.
PM also went on with his communication on the Chinese social media even as the attack by China’s official media turned scathing by every passing day. PM has taken to Weibo six times ever since the stand-off between the two nations began in mid-June. He last posted on 1 July to greet Li on his birthday.
Nearly 1,089 Chinese responded with comments to his six postings. PM posted two comments about International Yoga Day. He also expressed sorrow over the deadly mudslide in Mao Xian area of Sichuan province on 25 June.
