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Claude Arpi

The Chinese propaganda nevertheless speaks of creating a beautiful place by preservation of 'ecology and [providing] livability, health, charm, and happiness'. Representational Image. (AFP)

Claude Arpi | Stop China from erasing ‘the heart of the world’

Unfortunately, we can’t expect an atheist regime in Beijing to understand the meaning of the word 'sacred'

12 Oct 2021 2:22 AM

Apart from an intensive drive for PLA recruitment, the “stability” of the borders seems to be the Chinese leadership’s main worry. Representational Image. (AFP)

Claude Arpi | China’s new ethnic ploy in Tibet: Unity via marriage?

Both New Delhi and the Tibetan government-in-exile in Dharamsala must take up this issue seriously

30 Aug 2021 3:57 AM

The PLA has very few Tibetan soldiers and practically no local officers. (Representational image: AFP)

Claude Arpi | Bid to recruit Tibetans in China PLA may backfire

The PLA also knows well they can’t trust the Tibetans: a word from their Leader in Dharamsala and the troops will desert

31 Jul 2021 7:01 AM

New Delhi must officially declare that the Indian government will stand by the Dalai Lama’s decision, while he should keep in mind the Indian population on the borders with Tibet. (PTI)

Claude Arpi | India must back Dalai’s choice on his successor

Viewed from a political angle, many issues would be solved if the Dalai Lama decides to go for an 'emanation'

16 Jun 2021 9:03 AM

It is time for New Delhi to ask the Chinese government to repatriate to India the mortal remains of the brave Sikh soldier. (Stock Image)

Claude Arpi | Will Beijing return the remains of 1962 hero?

It is shocking that Beijing has never returned the remains of Subedar Joginder Singh, Param Vir Chakra, who died in Tibet in November 1962

13 May 2021 12:00 AM

Students waving flags of the Communist Party as they prepare to watch a movie "The Founding of a Party" in Yangzhou, in China's eastern Jiangsu province, to mark the 100th anniversary of the founding of the Communist Party of China. (Photo: AFP)

Claude Arpi | China’s new weapon is ‘political archaeology’

In February this year, the Communist Party of China (CPC) started a new campaign called Party History Learning and Education

29 Apr 2021 4:10 AM

The YarlungTsangpo, which becomes the Siang on entering Arunachal Pradesh and later the Brahmaputra in Assam (and the Meghna in Bangladesh) is one of the most eco-sensitive regions of the planet. (Representational image: AFP)

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

06 Apr 2021 7:27 AM

Concrete collaborations are, and will be, undoubtedly difficult, they will face obstacles, which in the end can only help deepen bilateral relations. (Photo: AP)

Claude Arpi | Trusty old allies India, France can bond over big research

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

14 Feb 2021 4:14 AM

It has obviously not been a bad year for China: Hua Chunying, its foreign ministry spokesperson, described 2020 as a fantastic year It has obviously not been a bad year for China: Hua Chunying, its foreign ministry spokesperson, described 2020 as a fantastic year (Image:AP)

Claude Arpi | Will 2021 be China’s & Xi’s annus horribilis?

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

05 Jan 2021 4:54 AM

Prime Minister of the Tibetan government-in-exile, Lobsang Sangay. (Photo: AP)

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

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. (AP)

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 counter its moves

22 Oct 2020 10:33 AM

While multiple rounds of negotiations have been held between the Indian corps commander and his Chinese counterpart, not much hope remains for a “pre-April” solution before winter sets in. PTI Photo

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

Claude Arpi | How Xi Jinping failed to learn the basics from Tzu’s Art of War

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

28 Jul 2020 5:54 PM

In these circumstances, it was rather surprising that Indian and Chinese soldiers exchanged blows south of Naku La (pass) in northern Sikkim last week

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

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 China's 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)

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 respected state

23 Mar 2020 6:06 PM

Chinese President Xi Jinping (Photo: AP/File)

Whistleblower spurs China push for change

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

26 Feb 2020 6:35 AM

China’s aim was to eliminate the “Two Worries”, the lack of food and sufficient clothing. (Photo: AP)

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 classified as impoverished.

21 Jan 2020 4:40 AM

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 4:56 AM

One understands why the new maps released by the government irritate China, as this virtually opens up another sector to be negotiated along the Indo-Chinese disputed boundary. (Photo: PTI/File)

The truth about Ladakh’s Shaksgam: Correcting historical wrongs in J&K

It is strange that the governments of China and Pakistan announced the agreement on the eve of important Indo-Pak talks on Kashmir.

18 Nov 2019 7:08 AM

Chinese President Xi Jinping and Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi raise hands together at Arjuna's Penance in Mamallapuram, India. (Photo: AP)

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

The Indian communiqué from the PMO said that the two leaders “evaluated the direction of bilateral relations in a positive light”.

18 Oct 2019 1:26 AM

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