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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 | Flashback: Biju role, U-2 Flights, Charbatia & TibetColumnists
    Claude Arpi | Flashback: Biju role, U-2 Flights, Charbatia & Tibet

    first heard about Charbatia, Biju Patnaik’s baby, when I studied the participation of the Tibetan Special Frontier Force...

    19 Jun 2026 12:53 AM IST

    Claude Arpi | The Next Battlefield In Tibet: Over Buddhism!Columnists
    Claude Arpi | The Next Battlefield In Tibet: Over Buddhism!

    Paradoxically, Beijing wants to teach Buddhism to Tibet. In September 2025, a meeting was convened in Lhasa by Wang...

    18 March 2026 12:45 AM IST

    AA Edit: Beijing’s Missing Generals: What Is Xi Jinping Up To?Columnists
    AA Edit: Beijing’s Missing Generals: What Is Xi Jinping Up To?

    But there was more to be decoded. Lt. Gen. Wang Haijiang, who since August 2021 has been commanding the Western Theatre...

    6 Nov 2025 12:26 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 10:51 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...

    4 Dec 2024 12:12 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...

    20 Sept 2024 12:12 AM IST

    Tibetan spiritual leader the Dalai Lama. (AP Photo/Ashwini Bhatia)Opinion
    Claude Arpi | Delhi should not shy away from Dalai Lama contacts

    As the US passes the -"Resolve Tibet Act,-" historical parallels are drawn, and India's stance on Tibet is scrutinised

    10 July 2024 12:05 AM IST

    Israels Iron Dome air defence system intercepts rockets fired by Palestinian militants from the Gaza Strip near Kibbutz Kfar Aza along the Israel-Gaza border on June 13, 2024, amid the ongoing conflict between Israel and Hamas. (Photo by JACK GUEZ / AFP)Opinion
    Claude Arpi | How China stokes unrest globally to contain West

    Examining China's expanding influence in Africa through infrastructure diplomacy, alleged connections with Hamas, and...

    14 Jun 2024 12:05 AM IST

    The India-China border at Bumla Pass in Arunachal Pradesh. (PTI Photo)Opinion
    Claude Arpi | China's Communists and new & old game of poker

    Unmasking China's historical distortion amidst Arunachal Pradesh border dispute

    20 March 2024 11:47 PM IST

    Road to Mount Kailash. (AA File Image)Opinion
    Claude Arpi | China playing new border games close to Mt Kailash

    A separate event needs to be noticed: the closure of the Kailash Yatra to Indian pilgrims.

    23 Feb 2024 1:09 PM IST

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