Abstract
ABSTRACT: Given multiple wars and border skirmishes, the India-China relationship has been defined through a lens of conflict with little attention paid to the potential affinities between the two. This article examines the stardom of Aamir Khan in China as an instantiation of stardom, cinematic affect, and audience agency that reveals deep-seated cultural resonances and affinities. Analyzing user comments about Khan on Chinese social media platforms Douban and Mtime, this article explicates the affective underpinnings of Khan's soft power. It illustrates how soft power through individual social actors can exist outside of state-centric media and exceed the boundaries of the nation-state.
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