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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.
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    Claude Arpi | Xi Jinping failed to learn the basics from the Art of...

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

    28 July 2020 5:49 PM IST

    An Indian Army truck crosses Chang la pass near Pangong Lake in Ladakh region, India. AP PhotoOpinion
    Claude Arpi | India vs China: Time to open some new fronts

    This history shouldn’t be forgotten when one looks at the present events in Ladakh, though “establishment”, says...

    6 Jun 2020 6:42 PM IST

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

    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 5:59 PM IST

    Chinese President Xi Jinping (Photo: AP/File)Opinion
    Whisteblower 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 6:18 AM IST

    Chinas aim was to eliminate the Two Worries , the lack of food and sufficient clothing. (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...

    21 Jan 2020 5:04 AM IST

    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.

    19 Dec 2019 5:12 AM IST

    Chinas territorial integrity refers not only to Beijings claims over the Aksai Chin and some other places up to (and in some cases beyond) the Line of Actual Control (LAC), but to the areas illegally ceded by Pakistan to China in 1963.Opinion
    The truth about Ladakh’s Shaksgam: Correcting historical wrongs in...

    A secret note prepared by the MEA’s historical division mentioned that ‘any such agreement will be illegal’

    18 Nov 2019 2:39 AM IST

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

    The Chinese proverb, “Kill the chicken to warn the monkeys,” immediately comes to mind.

    18 Oct 2019 1:01 AM IST

    India and France: Enduring, reliable partnersOpinion
    India and France: Enduring, reliable partners

    France has a long relation with India particularly in the domain of defence.

    4 Sept 2019 8:00 AM IST

    Tourism is changing Ladakh: It’s a boon, but it also creates new crisesOpinion
    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 12:09 AM IST

    China-Tibet concord dream fading fastOpinion
    China-Tibet concord dream fading fast

    On June 9, Zhu commented on the visit of Branstad to Tibet.

    17 Jun 2019 12:48 AM IST

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