A still from the movie Dangal, featuring Aamir Khan (second from right). Photo: Handout) A still from the movie Dangal, featuring Aamir Khan (second from right). Photo: Handout)
A still from the movie Dangal, featuring Aamir Khan (second from right). Photo: Handout)
Hu Jianlong
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Hu Jianlong

Bollywood offers China lessons on soft power

Hu Jianlong says hostility towards free speech in China hurts the nation’s ability to create a film like India’s Dangal, which has delighted Chinese viewers

Hu Jianlong
Hu Jianlong

Updated: 11:31pm, 1 Jul, 2017

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A still from the movie Dangal, featuring Aamir Khan (second from right). Photo: Handout) A still from the movie Dangal, featuring Aamir Khan (second from right). Photo: Handout)
A still from the movie Dangal, featuring Aamir Khan (second from right). Photo: Handout)
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Hu Jianlong

Hu Jianlong

Hu is an entrepreneur and a freelance writer based in Bangalore, India. Hu was a Fulbright/ Humphrey Fellow in 2015-2016.