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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.
    US President Joe Biden greets Chinas President President Xi Jinping at the Filoli Estate in Woodside, California, on the sidelines of the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperative conference. (AP)Opinion
    Claude Arpi | As Tibet becomes Xizang', Delhi faces a new concern

    Communist China often changes the names of the people, places and even nations. It is the case of Tibet, which is now...

    22 Nov 2023 7:28 AM IST

    Tigers Nest or Taktsang Monastery in Bhutan. (AA File Image)Opinion
    Claude Arpi | To integrate border areas, devise a new philosophy

    All factors, including military, need to be taken into consideration to arrive at a holistic philosophy .

    28 Oct 2023 12:33 AM IST

    President of China Xi Jinping. (AFP)Opinion
    Claude Arpi | The PLA's weaknesses are now evident on all fronts

    Though difficult to predict the future, a careful analysis of the PLA's preparedness shows several weaknesses for a...

    12 Sept 2023 9:38 AM IST

    Chinese President Xi Jinping waves at an event to introduce new members of the Politburo Standing Committee at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing, Sunday, Oct. 23, 2022. (AP Photo/Andy Wong)Opinion
    Claude Arpi | China in suspense as Xi, 70, has junked succession plan

    What will happen if the supreme boss goes?

    15 Jun 2023 12:10 AM IST

    Chinese President Xi Jinping waves at an event to introduce new members of the Politburo Standing Committee at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing, Sunday, Oct. 23, 2022. (AP Photo/Andy Wong)Opinion
    Claude Arpi | What lies behind China's new role as peacemaker'

    Beijing's Global Security Initiative (GSI) is another move from Beijing which indicates that China wants to play a...

    24 May 2023 12:00 AM IST

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

    Apart from an intensive drive for PLA recruitment, the stability of the borders seems to be the Chinese leaderships main worry. Representational Image. (AFP)Opinion
    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 IST

    The PLA has very few Tibetan soldiers and practically no local officers. (Representational image: AFP)Opinion
    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 July 2021 7:01 AM IST

    Tibetan spiritual leader, the Dalai Lama speaks during the World Peace and Harmony Conclave in Mumbai on Sunday. (Photo: PTI)Opinion
    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 IST

    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)Opinion
    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...

    13 May 2021 12:00 AM IST

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

    29 April 2021 4:10 AM IST

    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)Opinion
    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 7:27 AM IST

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