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Center Owned by The Tribune Trust“Seek to paint bleak picture of India”: JNU Professor on Chinese vloggers falsely portraying Dhaka slums as Delhi
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India’s Ministry of External Affairs, through spokesperson Randhir Jaiswal, condemned Chinese livestreamers and vloggers who filmed impoverished neighbourhoods in Bangladesh’s Dhaka and presented the footage as scenes from New Delhi, calling the misrepresentation an “unfortunate” and “false narrative” that distorts living conditions. The government described the activity as part of a coordinated anti‑India campaign and urged Bangladesh to take appropriate action against those responsible.
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Amid reports of Chinese vloggers livestreaming from slums in Dhaka and falsely presenting them as locations in Delhi, Chinese studies expert Professor Srikanth Kondapalli has termed the trend an "ideological struggle" aimed at undermining India's progress under a democratic system.
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These vloggers are even entering people's homes and recording videos, while claiming they are broadcasting from New Delhi, even though they are physically present in Dhaka, the report said.
— NDTV
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Amid reports of Chinese vloggers livestreaming from slums in Dhaka and falsely presenting them as locations in Delhi, Chinese studies expert Professor Srikanth Kondapalli has termed the trend an "ideological struggle" aimed at undermining India's progress under a democratic system.
