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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.
    Dassault Rafale fighter aircraft (Photo: Youtube screengrab)Opinion
    Invest in the aircraft of tomorrow

    Mr Modi has developed a rapport with Mr Macron and Ms Merkel; it would make economic and strategic sense for India to...

    29 July 2017 12:37 AM IST

    At least 20 to 25 Chinese troops had entered into the demilitarised area in Barahoti in Uttarakhand earlier this month. (Representational Image: AP)Opinion
    Trespass on Barahoti: We had it coming

    The aggression is the result of neglect of the Himalayan frontier shared with China for the past 60 years.

    12 Jun 2017 12:50 AM IST

    French President-elect Emmanuel Macron gestures as he speaks during a victory celebration outside the Louvre museum in Paris. (Photo: AP)Opinion
    Will audacity' guide Macron's France?

    The strong strategic partnership between France and India will remain “En Marcheâ€.

    12 May 2017 3:31 AM IST

    Tibetan spiritual leader the Dalai Lama. (Photo: PTI)Opinion
    Renaming won't help China's cause

    By naming these six places, Beijing wants to remind India of the 1962 war and the fact that the Dalai Lama “belongs to...

    27 April 2017 12:31 AM IST

    Chinas President Xi Jinping, speaks during a Press Statement in the Hotel Bellevue Palace during his visit to Switzerland. (Photo: AP)Opinion
    Trouble brews for China in Xinjiang

    Last week, Xinhua announced that the XUAR will train 1.2 million rural residents by 2020 as part of a new wave of...

    23 March 2017 1:02 AM IST

    Chinese President Xi Jinping and PM Narendra Modi. (Photo: PTI)Opinion
    China's plans for Asia'

    China has decided to pump $24.8 billion into laying new highways in Xinjiang region to improve connectivity with...

    11 Feb 2017 12:42 AM IST

    Chinas President Xi Jinping (Photo: AP)Opinion
    A difficult year ahead for China's Xi

    Will China manage its debt burden in 2017 is a billion-yuan question.

    11 Jan 2017 1:22 AM IST

    French President Francois Hollande. (Photo: AP)Opinion
    A malaise' for next French Prez

    The unemployment rate has risen above 10 per cent and growth is alarmingly slow.

    9 Dec 2016 1:06 AM IST

    Chinese and Indian troops are locked in a stand-off at the icy heights of Ladakh division since Wednesday after Peoples Liberation Army (PLA) personnel entered an area where an irrigation canal was being built under the MNREGA scheme and stopped the civilian work. (Photo: Representational Image)Opinion
    It pays to be tough with China

    The change in Chinese maps began with the objective to protect a new road linking Tibet to Xinjiang in Aksai Chin area...

    16 Nov 2016 12:38 AM IST

    Union Home Minister Rajnath Singh (Photo: PTI)Opinion
    The future of Ladakh

    The government is also planning to connect Leh with Srinagar.

    11 Oct 2016 1:29 AM IST

    Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi. (Photo: AP)Opinion
    China's border tactics unchanged

    Chinese foreign minister Wang Yi's visit to New Delhi on Saturday will not change anything in the mindset of the...

    12 Aug 2016 12:36 AM IST

    Representational imageOpinion
    A worrying scenario at Ladakh border

    The problem is that the People's Liberation Army is “advancing†in the region.

    20 Jun 2016 1:04 AM IST

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