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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.
    Chinese President Xi Jinping (Photo: AP/File)Opinion
    As 2020 nears, challenges mount for Xi’s China

    China seems today to be caught in a vicious circle of repression and does not have a solution to come out of it.

    19 Dec 2019 5:12 AM IST

    Chinas territorial integrity refers not only to Beijings claims over the Aksai Chin and some other places up to (and in some cases beyond) the Line of Actual Control (LAC), but to the areas illegally ceded by Pakistan to China in 1963.Opinion
    The truth about Ladakh’s Shaksgam: Correcting historical wrongs in...

    A secret note prepared by the MEA’s historical division mentioned that ‘any such agreement will be illegal’

    18 Nov 2019 2:39 AM IST

    Was Modi-Xi Chennai meet a ‘civilisational’ encounter?Opinion
    Was Modi-Xi Chennai meet a ‘civilisational’ encounter?

    The Chinese proverb, “Kill the chicken to warn the monkeys,” immediately comes to mind.

    18 Oct 2019 1:01 AM IST

    India and France: Enduring, reliable partnersOpinion
    India and France: Enduring, reliable partners

    France has a long relation with India particularly in the domain of defence.

    4 Sept 2019 8:00 AM IST

    Tourism is changing Ladakh: It’s a boon, but it also creates new crisesOpinion
    Tourism is changing Ladakh: It’s a boon, but it also creates new...

    The Lahaulis’ was the first of a long saga of daring acts by young officers who, since then, have bravely defended...

    30 July 2019 12:09 AM IST

    China-Tibet concord dream fading fastOpinion
    China-Tibet concord dream fading fast

    On June 9, Zhu commented on the visit of Branstad to Tibet.

    17 Jun 2019 12:48 AM IST

    ‘United Front Work’ is now Xi’s most potent toolOpinion
    ‘United Front Work’ is now Xi’s most potent tool

    Hopefully New Delhi is carefully watching these new developments.

    17 May 2019 7:30 AM IST

    In Tibet, an atheist regime talks of reincarnationOpinion
    In Tibet, an atheist regime talks of reincarnation

    Today, China is actively preparing for the post-Dalai Lama period.

    13 April 2019 7:35 AM IST

    Defence Minister Nirmala Sitharaman (Photo: PTI)Opinion
    New dangers along the border for India

    Kimathanka is one of the smallest and most remote hamlets in the northeastern district of Sankhuwasabha of Eastern...

    24 Jan 2019 2:07 AM IST

    Chinese President Xi Jinping (Photo: File)Opinion
    China: A Great Economic Game looms in 2019

    Xi took the occasion to reassert the CPC's rule as the only key to weathering “unimaginable” perils and dangers.

    28 Dec 2018 12:11 AM IST

    The 182-metre structure of Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel is touted as the worlds tallest. (Photo: @narendramodi/Twitter)Opinion
    Patel-Nehru rift over Tibet & China was deep

    The most serious cause of discord was the invasion of Tibet by the Chinese Liberation Army in October 1950.

    8 Nov 2018 7:46 AM IST

    President Xi Jinping reminded top state media outlets to strictly adhere to the orders of the Chinese Communist Party during a series of high-profile visits to their headquarters in February. (Photo: AFP)Opinion
    Emperor Xi's Voice' war expands, don't ignore it

    Mammoth multimedia platforms broadcasting the Voice of China' [promote] projects like the Belt and Road Initiative.

    25 Sept 2018 12:56 AM IST

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