New Delhi, Nov. 9 -- 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.

Speaking to ANI, Professor Kondapalli from Jawaharlal Nehru University (JNU) noted that the trend is partly driven by Chinese content creators chasing social media clout, vanity metrics, and online validation.

"The number of anti-India and anti-South Asia videos on Chinese social media platforms such as Weibo and other platforms similar to Facebook has increased substantially. That is true. The information we have received suggests that t...