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Prime Minister Narendra Modi will spend his 64th birthday on Wednesday at a private dinner with Xi Jinping in Gujarat, as the Chinese president begins a visit that will set the tone for relations between Asia's rival superpowers. "The tenor and purpose of President Xi Jinping's visit to India... can be gauged from the large size of the delegation accompanying him, comprising of senior ministers, leading business barons and bankers," said Singhal. "Apart from the scheduled talks on political, security and border issues, the Chinese president's visit is likely to primarily focus on allaying the Indian government's growing discomfort over the widening trade deficit between the two countries."