BEIJING, Sept 9, 2014 (AFP) - China's President Xi Jinping will make his first official visit to rival Asian giant India next week, officials said Tuesday, as expanding trade between the two remains overshadowed by territorial disputes.
The announcement came just a week after India's recently elected Prime Minister Narendra Modi visited Tokyo pledging to take ties to a "new level", a move seen as an attempt to shore up regional alliances to counter China's increasing might.
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