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Claude Arpi
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The writer is based in South India for the past 40 years. He writes on India, China, Tibet and Indo-French relations.
    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 7:08 AM IST

    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...

    18 Oct 2019 1:26 AM IST

    (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.

    4 Sept 2019 1:28 AM IST

    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...

    30 July 2019 12:00 AM IST

    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.

    17 Jun 2019 1:15 AM IST

    Chinese President Xi JinpingOpinion
    United Front Work' is now Xi's most potent tool

    The consolidation of borders, the selection of the next Dalai Lama or influencing of personalities should concern India.

    17 May 2019 1:57 AM IST

    Tibetan spiritual leader, the Dalai Lama speaks during the World Peace and Harmony Conclave in Mumbai on Sunday. (Photo: PTI)Opinion
    In Tibet, an atheist regime talks of reincarnation

    A worse contradiction is about the position of the atheist regime on the Dalai Lama's rebirth.

    13 April 2019 1:31 AM IST

    Chinese President Xi Jinping (Photo: AP/File)Opinion
    Xi gets PLA war-ready, India must wake up

    The drone has six weapon bays under its wings, capable of carrying more ordinance than its predecessors, including up to...

    25 Feb 2019 12:07 AM IST

    Defence Minister Nirmala Sitharaman noted that the commencement of the delivery of Rafale jets has not begun. (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 12:05 AM IST

    President Xi Jinping to cut Chinas auto tariffs.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 12:00 AM IST

    President Xi Jinping to cut Chinas auto tariffs.Opinion
    Emperor Xi's 'Voice' war expands, don't ignore it

    In the West, more and more concerns are emerging about China's political influence over universities, cultural...

    25 Sept 2018 12:53 AM IST

    The future of China is not rosy, but perhaps the most surprising aspect is that Muslim nations around the world are keeping mum about the fate of the Uyghurs; nobody has so far dared to question China about its Muslim policy.Opinion
    Why isn't China under fire for Xinjiang repression?

    The problem is that the large majority of the population of the restive Muslim province is considered as extremistâ€.

    10 Aug 2018 12:56 AM IST

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