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"the kind of revelations brought out by the New Delhi-headquartered think-tank Law and Society Alliance on the deep influence Communist China wields among the academia and research institutions have shocked him." theprint.in/world/india-di…

“This is a shocking, must-read study report,” Panda said, releasing the Hindi version, with senior China experts from Centre for China Analysis & Strategy Jayadeva Ranade, Chennai Centre for China Studies Dir. Gen. Commodore R. S. Vasan (Retired) & policy commentator Arun Anand."

The report.." documents examples of Chinese activities of influence in the country. “The examples listed in the report are truly worrisome, especially those Chinese operations where Beijing has focused on academia, media and.. on the entertainment industry,” Panda said.

"Jayadeva Ranade... said the report should sensitise the Indian population to Chinese efforts to increase their influence, specifically referring to the CCP’s United Front Works Department and how it is a secretive, subversive and effective party intelligence organisation."

"The United Front Works Department has always had two people in the Chinese embassy here in India with the sole goal to target the Tibetans residing here,” Ranade said.

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"He said China has stepped up their activities in all nations, especially in India, to target young politicians, journalists, academics, businessmen and government officials to bring them into their sphere of influence"

"The former Additional Secretary in India’s Cabinet Secretariat said every Chinese company operating overseas had a Chinese intelligence official embedded in it, something explicitly mentioned in the study report."

“The Chinese have been actively targeting Bollywood by using their access to the Chinese market as a bargaining chip. In the same way, the Chinese manipulate young academics by giving them free access to China. There are various ways that the Chinese try to influence India.”

“The Chinese have been actively targeting Bollywood by using their access to the Chinese market as a bargaining chip. In the same way, the Chinese manipulate young academics by giving them free access to China. There are various ways that the Chinese try to influence India.”

"there were people within India who have been letting down India. “With friends like these, there is no need for enemies.”

He suggested that the study report of Law and Society Alliance needs to be made mandatory reading material for all parliamentarians"

the publication of the Hindi version of the study report was important in that there was a dearth of knowledge on China among the Hindi media persons & China focuses on the Hindi media for its influence operations due to the wide reach this media can provide to their messaging.

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