The Chinese Communist Party (CCP) has been persistently trying to influence the Indian entertainment industry, intelligence officials told CNN-News18. For instance, it organised the China-India Film Co-Production Dialogue at the Beijing International Film Festival in 2019. This event managed the participation of prominent Indian cinema icons. This was started as an India-China joint effort, but it was handed over to a regulating body from China and came directly under the CCP, said officials. Later, they decided to make joint films, which was not new, but it was visible in a few of the projects that they were made according to...