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Claude Arpi
Born in France, Claude Arpi is now settled in India. He is the author of several books on Tibet, China and India and a regularly contributor on Indo-French relations.
The archives of Leh
It is perhaps not too late to put the history of India in its proper perspective and undo the blunders committed in the 1950s and 1960s As an aftermath of the abrogation of Article 370 of the Indian Constitution, the former State of Jammu & Kashmir has been reorganised into the...
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Could we have won the war?
24 October 2019 | Claude Arpi -
China’s weak spot
10 October 2019 | Claude Arpi -
Reliable partners
26 September 2019 | Claude Arpi -
Shroud on camaraderie
12 September 2019 | Claude Arpi -
The real consequence
29 August 2019 | Claude Arpi -
Strategic and spiritual
08 August 2019 | Claude Arpi -
The succession challenge
25 July 2019 | Claude Arpi
Lambs before the dragon
In other continents, too, nations have to kowtow to China in return for investment and debt funding, though they are slowly waking up to the fact that all is not rosy China has managed to tame the wild Tibetan yaks, according to Xinhua. “Under the touch of the petite scientist...
Laws higher than sutras
While Hong Kongers may escape China’s educational scheme to test the monks’ and nuns’ legal knowledge, it will be difficult for Tibetans, Uyghurs or mainlanders to avoid them Chinese President Xi Jinping is travelling a lot these days; he went to Bishkek (Kyrgyzstan) for the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation (SCO) meet, then...
Wanted: Historian’s office
It’s high time that India re-organises its historical records. A revamp is crucial in this domain, as also others, especially if we want to become a respected world player Since the Lok Sabha results were announced, the Indian media has been speaking about rebooting, something you do when you change your...
China-Nepal love affair
The deepening of ties between Kathmandu and Beijing is a serious setback for New Delhi. China scored one more goal but it’s difficult to say how far this story will continue In politics, there is little difference between love and sycophancy — the case of Nepal is particularly telling. The...
Fading memories
While remembering the events of 1919 and seeking to better integrate the spirit of May 4 into the party’s narrative, the student revolt of 1989 has been completely blacked out China is suffering from a strange disease, a sort of selective amnesia — certain things from the past are clearly remembered,...
R&D key to India’s status
With Beijing taking a giant leap in filling the gap in research to match that of developed nations, India is still lagging behind. We need to take some lessons If one looks at India’s development during the five last decades, one can only admire the progress made by it. However, there...
Maze of half-truths
Despite the propaganda that the Tibetans took ‘their destiny in their own hands’ in 1959, Beijing still does not trust local cadres in governance For the past several weeks, the Chinese propaganda machine has been running full-steam. The focus of the information warfare’s exercise is on the events of March...
