Aamir Khan under fire over China, Turkey links

Bollywood star Aamir Khan has long been a hate figure for India’s Hindu far-right, but now they have a new line of attack-his massive popularity in China. Khan, 55, is a brand ambassador for Chinese smartphone maker Vivo, and is also major draw on the mainland with films such as Dangal. He even has 1.16 million followers on China’s Twitter-like platform Weibo. But this week the hard-line RSS Hindu group put the actor on the cover of its magazine, calling him “The Dragon’s favourite Khan,” a reference to China and also criticising Khan’s ties with Turkey.