A large number of Chinese vloggers are active in the Uttara industrial area of Dhaka, the capital of Bangladesh. These vloggers are recording videos of local areas and disseminating them while claiming they are from India or Delhi. According to a report by the Prothom Alo newspaper, attempts were made to converse with 17 Chinese vloggers on October 27 and November 3.

Local recruitment and expert reactions

Local woman Ritu Akhter stated that the Chinese vloggers pay female guides 700 to 800 Bangladeshi Taka per day. Regarding this matter, Jawaharlal Nehru University Professor Srikant Kondapalli said that there has been an increase in the number of such videos targeting India and South Asia on social media platforms such as Weibo, WeChat, and Facebook.

External affairs ministry response

Ministry of External Affairs spokesperson Randhir Jaiswal issued a statement on this development on November 10. He said that attempts to present a distorted picture of any country are unfortunate. However, clear information has not yet emerged regarding the exact motives of these Chinese vloggers or whether any government is behind the activity.