Express Investigation Part-4: Foreign secy, Niti CEO on list; Facebook bans Zhenhua Data

Policymakers such NITI Aayog CEO Amitabh Kant, scholars historian Romila Thapar and political psychologist Ashish Nandy are also monitored by Zhenhua Data, a firm that has links with the Chinese government and its agencies.

At least 200 influencers, including scholars, researchers, think tanks and media organisations, and 40 serving and retired Indian Foreign Service (IFS) officers who held key diplomatic positions are listed in the Overseas Key Information Database (OKIDB) created by Chinese firm Zhenhua Data, an investigation by The Indian Express has revealed.

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