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Claude Arpi
About the AuthorClaude Arpi
The writer is based in South India for the past 40 years. He writes on India, China, Tibet and Indo-French relations.
    Claude Arpi | Beijing’s Missing Generals: What Is Xi Jinping Up To?Columnists
    Claude Arpi | Beijing’s Missing Generals: What Is Xi Jinping Up To?

    A few days later, on September 17, Chairman Xi was seen in Beijing, when he met with representatives from various groups...

    6 Nov 2025 12:16 AM IST

    Claude Arpi | Today’s China Caught In Fix As Sacred & Profane ClashColumnists
    Claude Arpi | Today’s China Caught In Fix As Sacred & Profane Clash

    According to Beijing’s Marxist logic, the search, discovery and anointment of a Dalai Lama should be classified into...

    21 Aug 2025 11:18 PM IST

    Claude Arpi | A New Life For Nalanda: Reviving Its Old Glory?Columnists
    Claude Arpi | A New Life For Nalanda: Reviving Its Old Glory?

    A place like the Vulture Peak seems to have preserved the peace and serenity that a man captured more than 2,500 years...

    12 Jun 2025 10:52 PM IST

    Claude Arpi | How Gyalo Thondup, Dalai Lama’s brother, fought for Tibet from his Kalimpong homeColumnists
    Claude Arpi | How Gyalo Thondup, Dalai Lama’s brother, fought for...

    The Dalai Lama said of his brother: “He was a good man who did his best for the Tibetan cause. I pray he will take a...

    25 Feb 2025 10:17 PM IST

    Claude Arpi | Xi’s ‘mega dam’ plan a bid to sow fear in India, Asia?Columnists
    Claude Arpi | Xi’s ‘mega dam’ plan a bid to sow fear in India, Asia?

    Xi particularly mentioned his country’s breakthroughs in areas such as aerospace, deep-sea exploration and new energy...

    31 Jan 2025 10:16 PM IST

    Claude Arpi | Where the world is still one family: 50 years in BharatColumnists
    Claude Arpi | Where the world is still one family: 50 years in Bharat

    Fifty years is a long time. In October 1974, I left France, my country of birth. I had a dream: to settle in India to...

    4 Dec 2024 12:10 AM IST

    Claude Arpi | The India-China standoff: One border, two systemsColumnists
    Claude Arpi | The India-China standoff: One border, two systems

    On September 12, 2024, India’s national security adviser Ajit Doval met Wang Yi, a member of the politburo of the CPC...

    20 Sept 2024 12:10 AM IST

    Claude Arpi | China’s ‘salami’ warfare big danger to HimalayasColumnists
    Claude Arpi | China’s ‘salami’ warfare big danger to Himalayas

    The planet is being churned; and wherever one looks, one sees natural and unnatural (mostly man-made) disasters. It...

    23 Aug 2024 12:10 AM IST

    Claude Arpi | Delhi should not shy away from Dalai Lama contactsColumnists
    Claude Arpi | Delhi should not shy away from Dalai Lama contacts

    At the time of India’s Independence, the Dalai Lama’s government in Lhasa had little experience in diplomacy; to give an...

    10 July 2024 12:10 AM IST

    Claude Arpi | How China stokes unrest globally to contain WestColumnists
    Claude Arpi | How China stokes unrest globally to contain West

    At the end of an informal meeting between Russian President Vladimir Putin and Chinese President Xi Jinping in Beijing...

    14 Jun 2024 12:10 AM IST

    Claude Arpi | China’s Communists and new & old game of pokerColumnists
    Claude Arpi | China’s Communists and new & old game of poker

    During the recently-concluded “two sessions” in Beijing, it was revealed that a card game “guandan” has become popular ...

    20 March 2024 11:47 PM IST

    Claude Arpi | China playing new border games close to Mt KailashColumnists
    Claude Arpi | China playing new border games close to Mt Kailash

    Western Tibet has a rich historical background, particularly in proximity to Mount Kailash, near the trijunction...

    23 Feb 2024 1:09 PM IST

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