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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.
    An Indian army vehicle moves towards Ladakh, amid India-China border dispute in eastern Ladakh, at Bara-lacha la mountain pass in Lahual district. PTI PhotoOpinion
    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 11:00 AM

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    Claude Arpi | How Xi Jinping failed to learn the basics from Tzu's Art...

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

    28 July 2020 12:24 PM

    China and India agreed to end the lengthy Doklam standoff in August 2017, with Beijing reportedly abandoning plans to construct the road that had triggered the crisis. (Photo: AFP)Opinion
    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 12:09 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 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 12:36 PM

    Chinese President Xi Jinping (Photo: AP/File)Opinion
    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...

    26 Feb 2020 1:05 AM

    It is widely known that China also prefers the term Asia-Pacific to the nomenclature of Indo-Pacific which is preferred by countries like the United States and India. (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...

    20 Jan 2020 11:10 PM

    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.

    18 Dec 2019 11:26 PM

    World trade and China aside, the situation doesnt get any better for India even with the Asean countries, which constitute the 10 core countries of the proposed 16-nation RCEP. (Photo: PTI/File)Opinion
    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...

    18 Nov 2019 1:38 AM

    Chinese President Xi Jinping and Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi raise hands together at Arjunas Penance in Mamallapuram, India. (Photo: AP)Opinion
    Was Modi-Xi Chennai meet a civilisational' encounter?

    The Indian communiqu© from the PMO said that the two leaders evaluated the direction of bilateral relations in a...

    17 Oct 2019 7:56 PM

    (Photo: File)Opinion
    India and France: Enduring, reliable partners

    India undoubtedly needs all its energies, resources and friends to fight on these two separate fronts.

    3 Sept 2019 7:58 PM

    Though the Kashmir Valley constantly draws the attention of the world media and the chancelleries in New Delhi, it is geographically a very small portion of the state and Ladakh is far more strategic for the nation, with two unfriendly neighbours on its borders. (Photo: PTI)Opinion
    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...

    29 July 2019 6:30 PM

    Dalai LamaOpinion
    China-Tibet concord dream fading fast

    On June 9, Zhu commented on the visit of Branstad to Tibet, in The Global Times, the mouthpiece of the Party.

    16 Jun 2019 7:45 PM

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