Articles By Claude Arpi
China Develops the Indian border
By: Claude Arpi | Date: 22 Apr , 2018
Che Dalha (alias Qizhala), the head of the Tibetan Autonomous Region’s (TAR) Government (and TAR’s Senior Deputy Secretary) visited Zhayul, north of the McMahon line in the Lohit...
One more Airport in Tibet: Govern the Borders by First Stabilizing Tibet
By: Claude Arpi | Date: 19 Apr , 2018
Radio Free Asia (RFA) has reported that the Chinese authorities have seized some farmland near Lhatse in Central Tibet to build a new airport. The displaced Tibetan villagers would have been...
When the snows melt
By: Claude Arpi | Issue: Courtesy: http://claudearpi.blogspot.in/ | Date: 17 Apr , 2018
Every year during the months of May and June, the high passes of Himalayas witness activity as the Chinese cross over and intrude on Indian territory. The Himalayan snows will soon start melting....
The Brahmaputra Diversion and the Tsinghai Clique
By: Claude Arpi | Date: 16 Apr , 2018
The Diversion Scheme Some fifteen years ago, a Chinese engineer Li Ling and a retired PLA General Gao Kai, seriously worked on a scheme for the diversion of the Yarlung Tsangpo/Brahmaputra. Li...
Indo-French Relations: Will the Partnership take a Step Further?
By: Claude Arpi | Issue: Vol. 33.2 Apr-Jun 2018 | Date: 14 Apr , 2018
According to most commentators, the visit to India of French President Emmanuel Macron has been an unqualified success. For the first time, a French President was on the cover a national magazine;...
China’s Craving For Mad Old Dreams
By: Claude Arpi | Date: 13 Apr , 2018
Chinese scientists continue to work on grandiose dam projects which are bound to do more harm than good. But these megaprojects may not quench the locals’ thirst for freedom China is thirsty. What...
The Trumpisation of Indian Foreign Policy
By: Claude Arpi | Date: 04 Apr , 2018
Are we witnessing a Trumpisation of the Indian Foreign policy? Some signs tend to show that, like the US president, Delhi is too often changing its stance, principally in its relations with China;...
China's inroads near the Indian Borders
By: Claude Arpi | Date: 30 Mar , 2018
Relaxing PAP scheme is a good idea but as a modern state we must use electronic means to control visitors to India’s frontiers even as we promote border tourism The Union Government is thinking...
China develops India's borders: one stone, many birds
By: Claude Arpi | Date: 27 Mar , 2018
A quick review at the Chinese press related to Tibet during the last few weeks shows an extremely worrying trend for India. While the Indian media has been concentrating on Doklam, the...
What Emperor Xi can teach India
By: Claude Arpi | Date: 25 Mar , 2018
Xi Jinping made it. He can now retain his seat for life. The South China Morning Post reported: “Under the watch of a confident and relaxed President Xi Jinping, nearly 3,000 Chinese lawmakers...
Another Tibet hand who matters
By: Claude Arpi | Date: 23 Mar , 2018
In 2012, I wrote on this blog a piece The Chinese who matter in Tibetan Affairs. It was a list of Chinese officials who had a say in Tibet affairs. Either they had been, or still were associated...
When Nehru meets the Dalai Lama
By: Claude Arpi | Date: 18 Mar , 2018
A circular of the Cabinet Secretary asking Indian ministers and officials not to attend a function for the Dalai Lama in Delhi, has been in the news. While the controversy (and the MEA’s kowtowing...
The Tale of Three Zhaos
By: Claude Arpi | Issue: Courtesy: http://claudearpi.blogspot.in/ | Date: 17 Mar , 2018
Many of us have been introduced to Tibet by the famous cartoon The Adventures of Tintin. One can’t forget the two detectives, Thomson and Thompson (in French, Dupond et Dupont). Though they are...
How to be elected to the People's National Congress
By: Claude Arpi | Date: 13 Mar , 2018
Xi Jinping made it. He can remain in his seat for life. The voting process was completed in record time and the constitutional revisions got the highest approval since 1999. The South China...
Han Chauvinism and Stability on the Indian Border
By: Claude Arpi | Date: 11 Mar , 2018
As the Two Meetings (Chinese People’s Political Consultative Conference – CPPCC and National People’s Congress – NPC) are taking place in Beijing, a Tibetan lady-delegate from Qinghai province...
Macron in India: Ties that keep growing
By: Claude Arpi | Date: 10 Mar , 2018
Indian and France are celebrating twenty years of partnership. The accord signed in 1998 by President Jacques Chirac and Prime Minister AB Vajpayee is one of the oldest, if not the oldest,...
Why French President Macron's India visit may make Justin Trudeau feel snubbed
By: Claude Arpi | Date: 08 Mar , 2018
Over the last two decades, the partnership has grown steadily, with no major political differences darkening the sky between Paris and Delhi. It is not easy to guess in advance how successful will...
Xi Jinping: Chinese Emperor for life?
By: Claude Arpi | Date: 04 Mar , 2018
A dictatorial system may help Beijing bring some stability to its giant ambitions, but it may not solve the real issues — be it international politics, Doklam or internal talk points Emperor for...
Is India opening up? Some good signs
By: Claude Arpi | Date: 20 Feb , 2018
The media has often mentioned the report prepared by Lt. Gen. Henderson-Brooks on the October-November 1962 debacle. Is India changing? Political pundits will probably have diametrically opposite...
Dalai Lama, China and the Homecoming Urge
By: Claude Arpi | Date: 16 Feb , 2018
It has been a lifetime wish for the Lama to visit Wutaishan. But he must follow his own saying: Look at situations from all angles. It is unwise for him to go on pilgrimage in China right now At...