Articles By Claude Arpi
China celebrates its Republic day in Minsar, the Indian village in Tibet
By: Claude Arpi | Date: 06 Oct , 2019
China celebrated the 70th Anniversary of the founding of the People’s Republic of China in the Indian village/town of Minsar in Western Tibet. An article inChina Tibet Newsmentioned the...
India and France 'Reliable Partners'
By: Claude Arpi | Date: 28 Sep , 2019
Remember the months before the legislative elections, L’Affaire Rafale was everyday in the news, thanks to the then leader of Opposition, who alleged hanky-panky in the intergovernmental deal...
And if India had won 1962 War?
By: Claude Arpi | Date: 19 Sep , 2019
Wing Commander Jag Mohan (‘Jaggi’) Nath of the Indian Air Force (IAF) is the first of the six Indian officers to have twice been decorated with the Maha Vir Chakra (MVC), India’s second...
Will Xi Dada visit Tibet?
By: Claude Arpi | Issue: Courtesy: http://claudearpi.blogspot.in/ | Date: 15 Sep , 2019
But who is X Dada? A few years ago in China, a song went viral on the internet; showing the growing personality cult around President Xi Jinping or ‘Xi Dada’ (Uncle Xi). Xi was painted as a...
China Readies for Next Dalai Lama
By: Claude Arpi | Date: 13 Sep , 2019
The Dalai Lama’s answers about his succession often make the headlines; in some cases, his words were even misinterpreted. But, on August 18, a video addressed to members of the Minnesota...
India and France: Enduring, reliable partners
By: Claude Arpi | Issue: Courtesy: http://claudearpi.blogspot.in/ | Date: 04 Sep , 2019
India undoubtedly needs all its energies, resources and friends to fight on these two separate fronts. L’Affaire Rafale had been in news in the national press for months thanks to the then...
Why China is eying Ladakh
By: Claude Arpi | Date: 26 Aug , 2019
A few years ago, a Ladakhi friend recounted a telling story; one evening he was invited at the Chinese embassy in Delhi. In the course of the party, he enquired with an official that he would like...
Is there a way forward for India-China in Ladakh?
By: Claude Arpi | Issue: Courtesy: http://claudearpi.blogspot.in/ | Date: 23 Aug , 2019
On March 23, 1954, after three months of tough negotiations, the Indian and Chinese representatives were still far from an agreement on trade between India and Tibet (a month later, it would...
The Chinese Panchen Lama on the Indian Border
By: Claude Arpi | Date: 19 Aug , 2019
Interesting developments have recently taken place in Western Tibet (Ngari Prefecture). The Chinese Panchen Lama, Gyaltsen Norbu is said (by the Chinese media) to have conducted an ‘inspection...
'Article 370 is a very misconceived Article'
By: Claude Arpi | Issue: Net Edition | Date: 08 Aug , 2019
Claude Arpi’s interview with Jagmohan, Former Governor of Jammu and Kashmir and Union Minister. It was recorded in 2007. Claude: Sir, there are rumors that India and Pakistan will soon have a...
The Freedom of Ladakh
By: Claude Arpi | Date: 06 Aug , 2019
This comes to my mind the day after Ladakh finally obtained its freedom of from Srinagar yesterday. A momentous day for the Himalayan region, now Union Territory. This memorandum was sent to Nehru...
Chinese Trains are India's Bane
By: Claude Arpi | Date: 24 Jul , 2019
The People’s Liberation Army (PLA) walked into Lhasa, the Tibetan capital, in September 1951. Immediately, the generals leading the ‘Liberation of Tibet’ put their troops to work; they had...
Lambs before the dragon
By: Claude Arpi | Date: 05 Jul , 2019
China has managed to tame the wild Tibetans yaks, according to Xinhua: “Under the touch of the petite scientist Yan Ping, the tall and powerful black yak, weighing over 400 kg, is as obedient as...
Red Star over Tibet
By: Claude Arpi | Date: 01 Jul , 2019
Rumours recently circulated about the Dalai Lama restarting negotiations with China. Nine rounds of fruitless talks were held between 2002 and 2010 between Lodi Gyari Rinpoche, the Dalai Lama’s...
China-Tibet concord dream fading fast
By: Claude Arpi | Date: 19 Jun , 2019
One man has destabilized China. For the purpose, he has used something which hardly existed a decade ago, Twitter. Though his messages are sometimes eccentric, President Donald Trump has changed...
The Importance of Yatung and Chumbi Valley
By: Claude Arpi | Date: 16 Jun , 2019
Yatung (called Yadong by the Chinese) has been in the news recently. One of the reasons might be the annual opening of the Nathu-la pass for trade between India and China (Yatung is also one of...
When China takes Tibet for a ride!
By: Claude Arpi | Date: 11 Jun , 2019
Zhu Weiqun is a well-known hawk, at least as far as Tibet and ‘religion’ are concerned. A few years ago, he retired as Executive Deputy Director of the United Front Work Department (UFWD) of...
Tibet Infrastructure: New Panacea for the Middle Kingdom?
By: Claude Arpi | Issue: Vol. 34.1 Jan-Mar 2019 | Date: 29 May , 2019
By 2021, there will be eight airports in the TAR plus three close to the Indian border in Xinjiang, i.e. Kashgar, Hotan and Yarkand. The news agency added, “At present, the preparatory work for...
1963: Indian PoWs in Beijing
By: Claude Arpi | Date: 29 May , 2019
I recently came across an interesting book,My Peking Memoirs of the Chinese Invasion of India by Dr Purnendu Kumar Banerjee, the Indian Chargé d’Affaires in Beijing during the Sino-Indian...
China-Nepal love affair
By: Claude Arpi | Date: 23 May , 2019
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...