Chinese media have criticized the hit Japanese spy thriller drama "Vivant," claiming its portrayal of Chinese agents using "ruthless violence" to torture members of a top-secret Japanese unit "deliberately smears" Beijing.The Global Times, a tabloid affiliated with the ruling Communist Party, and state-run China Central Television have said scenes showing Chinese agents cutting off the fingers of Japanese intelligence operatives and stabbing them in the abdomen are similar to the wartime torture inflicted on Chinese nationals by Japanese troops.CCTV on Sunday accused the drama of creating c…READ FULL ARTICLE
