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With a joint agreement on cinematic cooperation already signed, China and India now have the opportunity to build on cultural ties. Wang Kaihao reports.

Of late, China's diplomacy has witnessed the promotion of popular culture through the country's cinema.

When President Xi Jinping met with members of the Chinese community in India, during his recent visit to the neighboring country, he revealed his wish to enhance bilateral cinematic cooperation and said that India could be used as a location to shoot Chinese movies.