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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 | Hydro, rail projects in Tibet a threat to IndiaOpinion
    Claude Arpi | Hydro, rail projects in Tibet a threat to India

    A series of nine hydropower plants in cascade will definitely threaten life across the whole of India's Northeast region

    6 April 2021 7:23 AM IST

    Concrete collaborations are, and will be, undoubtedly difficult, they will face obstacles, which in the end can only help deepen bilateral relations. (Photo: AP)Opinion
    Claude Arpi | Trusty old allies India, France can bond over big...

    What is required for France and India is to take their relations to the next level

    14 Feb 2021 4:09 AM IST

    It has obviously not been a bad year for China: Hua Chunying, its foreign ministry spokesperson, described 2020 as a fantastic year (Image: AP)Opinion
    Claude Arpi | Will 2021 be China’s & Xi’s annus horribilis?

    Has Beijing succeeded in intimidating India with its brazen info warfare?

    5 Jan 2021 4:53 AM IST

    Lobsang Sangay, President of government-in-exile. (PTI)Opinion
    Claude Arpi | Use Tibet links, counter China in the Himalayas

    Though the Indian government never wanted to be politically involved with Tibet, the age-old ties have remained alive

    26 Nov 2020 5:20 AM IST

    An Indian army convoy moves on the Srinagar- Ladakh highway at Gagangeer, northeast of Srinagar, Indian-controlled Kashmir. The Indian military said it apprehended a Chinese soldier Monday, Oct. 19, in the remote Ladakh region, where the two countries are locked in a monthslong military standoff along their disputed border. (APOpinion
    Claude Arpi | Step up pressure on Xi; bring France into Quad

    The world is becoming aware of the double standards in Chinese propaganda, and for the first time it is taking steps to...

    22 Oct 2020 10:31 AM IST

    Claude Arpi | Chinese mischief likely in Himachal Pradesh, UttarakhandOpinion
    Claude Arpi | Chinese mischief likely in Himachal Pradesh, Uttarakhand

    The first Chinese incursion in Barahoti, in today’s Chamoli district of Uttarakhand, occurred in June 1954

    29 Aug 2020 4:30 PM IST

    Representational image (AFP)Opinion
    Claude Arpi | Xi Jinping failed to learn the basics from the Art of...

    It’s not that the new Great Helmsman hasn’t received military training

    28 July 2020 5:49 PM IST

    An Indian Army truck crosses Chang la pass near Pangong Lake in Ladakh region, India. AP PhotoOpinion
    Claude Arpi | India vs China: Time to open some new fronts

    This history shouldn’t be forgotten when one looks at the present events in Ladakh, though “establishment”, says...

    6 Jun 2020 6:42 PM IST

    In these circumstances, it was rather surprising that Indian and Chinese soldiers exchanged blows south of Naku La (pass) in northern Sikkim last week. PTI PhotoOpinion
    Claude Arpi: A long hot summer is ahead on Himalayan heights

    It is a fact that in early 2017, everyone in New Delhi thought the Sikkim border was a settled issue.

    13 May 2020 5:39 PM IST

    Buses carrying members of a medical assistance team from Shenyang leave Shenyang Taoxian Airport upon their return home after helping with the COVID-19 coronavirus recovery effort in Wuhan, in Shenyang in Chinas northeastern Liaoning province on March 20, 2020. China on March 19 marked a major milestone in its battle against the coronavirus pandemic as it recorded zero domestic infections for the first time since the outbreak emerged, but a spike in imported cases threatened its progress. (AFP)Opinion
    China begins Information Warfare

    What China does not seem to understand is that even if she wins a few IW battles, this will not help her to become a...

    23 March 2020 5:59 PM IST

    Chinese President Xi Jinping (Photo: AP/File)Opinion
    Whisteblower spurs China push for change

    The announcement of the surge in new cases happened as the Hubei provincial and Wuhan municipal party secretaries were...

    26 Feb 2020 6:18 AM IST

    Chinas aim was to eliminate the Two Worries , the lack of food and sufficient clothing. (Photo: AP)Opinion
    Hans lead in China’s poverty alleviation projects

    In 2012, 98 million Chinese people still lived below the poverty line; a year later, 128,000 villages remained...

    21 Jan 2020 5:04 AM IST

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