![]() The team - made up of Jack’s assistants, Xiaoguang and Nuomin, treasure hunter Jones, as well as Ashmita’s sister Kyra - finds a Himalayan cave in which a royal army of the Magadha kingdom got trapped by an avalanche hundreds of years ago. ![]() ![]() Jack teams up with beautiful Ashmita (who introduces herself as a researcher from India, but later turns out to be an Indian princess) in order to read an ancient map and find a lost treasure. The movie’s biggest star is undoubtedly Jackie Chan – he plays the role of the greatest Chinese archeologist with a hardly original name: Jack. While it might be seriously doubted whether the film gets even close to the quality of Steven Spielberg’s hits, it certainly aims to promote a positive image of Chinese-Indian relations, as well as a positive image of both India and China. The film could be perceived as a medium for Chinese and Indian soft power, the kung fu version of Indiana Jones. Kung Fu Yoga, a 2017 Chinese-Indian movie directed by Stanley Tong, serves as a perfect example of how historical and cultural mottos might be used to promote political and economic cooperation in the 21st century.
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