After Galwan Clash, China Is Waiting For Release Of Bollywood Films, Writes A Chinese Daily

Last month, Indian government had red-flagged 59 China based apps including TikTok and Camscanner because of the potential threat to national security. This happened after the tensions at the India-China border had heightened. 20 troops were killed in the violent clash in the Galwan Valley along the Line of Actual Control (LAC).

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The disengagement process between Indian Army and China's People Liberation Army has reached impasse. It is said that even after several rounds of military talks, China has not pulled back troops from the areas it had intruded into Ladakh earlier. Amid all this, Chinese daily The Global Times in an article has expressed the desire of seeing the return of Bollywood films to China. "This makes me wonder wonder when Bollywood films will return to the Chinese mainland market and what the first film will be," writes Ai Pang.

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"A remake of 2015 Indian thriller Drishyam is leading the box office in China, as the world¡¯s second-largest film market struggles to recover from being hit hard by the COVID-19 epidemic. The Chinese remake Sheep Without a Shepherd has earned more than 3 million yuan ($430,095) since Chinese mainland theatres reopened on Monday, despite competition from Hollywood hits such as Coco and China¡¯s Wolf Warrior 2", reads the article.

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"Some of my Indian friends told me that they were kind of worried that Bollywood films were going to be boycotted in China due to the border clash in Galwan Valley. However, looking at China¡¯s Twitter-like Sina Weibo and other major media outlets, this worry seems to be an overreaction as there are no such voices on Sina Weibo calling for a Bollywood boycott," it read.

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"Yet things are quite different in the eyes of some extreme Indian nationalists and media, who have launched a social media campaign aimed at Bollywood stars like Aamir Khan, Salman Khan and Shahrukh Khan, who are well-received and welcomed in China. It is making things even worse by following the bad example of the Indian government¡¯s ban on China¡¯s video app TikTok, a move that has encouraged hateful comments and behavior toward China."

Meanwhile, the UK on Thursday welcomed efforts by India and China to de-escalate tension along the Line of Actual Control (LAC) in eastern Ladakh. British High Commissioner Sir Philip Barton also expressed concern over Chinese action in Hong Kong as well as cases of human rights abuses against Uyghur Muslims in Xinjiang. The UK, he said, is aware of the challenges presented by "some Chinese actions" and has been working with its close allies like the US to deal with them.