High optics highlighting the"highest level reception" extended by Chinese President Xi Jinping to Prime Minister Narendra Modi in Xi'an today has become the buzzword for the official media in Beijing which said that it pointed to "warming relations" between India and China.   

"It is not quite often for top Chinese leaders to travel outside Beijing to meet foreign guests. The tour of the ancient Xi'an City, a place closely connected to China and India's deep historical links, was a carefully orchestrated choice," state-run Xinhua news agency said in a special commentary.   

Xi returned the favour by offering Modi a visit to his family origin of Shaanxi, it said, referring to the similar welcome accorded to Xi when he visited Ahmedabad last year.

"The exchange of visits by the leaders from the world's two largest emerging economies soon after both took office has signalled warming relations between the two oriental giants,"it said.