Prime Minister Narendra Modi Opens an account on China's Twitter Sina Weibo

 

 Prime Minister Narendra Modi posted his first post in Chinese, saying "Hello China! Looking forward to interacting with Chinese friends through Weibo." His post was immediately forwarded more than 4,700 times and attracted over 7,800 comments within three hours

China's official media on Tuesday May 05,2015  welcomed Prime Minister Narendra Modi's initiative to open an account on the popular Chinese social microblog Weibo, saying he scored a "big hit" ahead of his visit here 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'.
The China Daily said Modi's account on the Sina Weibo, akin to Twitter and Facebook, "attracted thousands of Internet users".