When Narendra Modi wooed investors1 in China as an Indian provincial2 leader in 2011, he highlighted his eagerness by making a special gesture.
莫迪于26日宣誓就职,成为印度新一任总理,专家认为,他会一如既往关注中国,加强与中国的经济合作,但边境谈判难有突破。
Narendra Modi visits the Mahatma Gandhi memorial in New Delhi before being sworn in as Indian prime minister on Monday.
He presented a business card with one side in Chinese and in red -- the color that
symbolizes3 wealth and good fortune in China.
With Modi taking the oath of office as India's new prime minister on Monday, such attention to China is expected to be repeated.
Modi, 63, led his Bharatiya Janata Party to an electoral
landslide4 this month on a wave of optimism over his ability to revitalize Asia's third-biggest economy. Closer economic ties with India's top trading partner, China, will be high on his agenda,
analysts5 said.
Hu Shisheng, a South Asian studies researcher at the China Institutes of Contemporary International Relations, said economic ties would enter a new phase due to Modi's
admiration6 for China's economic development and his achievements in developing Gujarat into one of India's most
prosperous(繁荣的) states through close cooperation with countries including China.
Much of China's $900 million investment in India is in Gujarat, where Modi served as a three-time chief minister and the state was
dubbed7 "India's Guangdong".
Analysts said Modi's ties with China and his focus on restoring the fortunes of the world's second-most
populous8 nation would temper his hardline nationalist approach.