Cut The Clutter : New ‘top gun Maverick’ rises in Beijing-backed blockbuster ‘Born to Fly’ as propaganda meets 5G jets

A new Chinese movie about fighter pilots is making waves across the border. Beijing-backed ‘Born to Fly’ follows a keen aviator (a Chinese “maverick”, if you may) as he tries to strengthen China’s air prowess against rivals “impinging on the country’s seas”. Who are these rivals, and what is the message Xi Jinping’s China is trying to send with this movie, the latest from Beijing’s propaganda factory? Editor-in-Chief Shekhar Gupta explains in episode 1316.