Wrestle not with new law - trade's good for people

Two Chinese female colleagues beat me to watching the Indian/Hindi-language movie Dangal (Chinese title: Shuaijiao Ba Baba or Let's Wrestle, Dad) on the big screen in Beijing.

The inspirational movie with Chinese subtitles was released on 7,000 screens on the mainland on May 5, and extended to 3,000 more screens by this week. It's estimated to have raked in 500 million yuan (more than $72 million) so far, topping box office receipts in a market that also exhibits Chinese, English and other language films.

Dangal's success gladdens me. Not because I'm an Indian. Not because an elated young, executive-looking Chinese moviegoer gave me, an Indian stranger, a high-five after a late-evening screening.