Articles By Claude Arpi
Patel: Why He Died
By: Claude Arpi | Date: 31 Oct , 2016
I am posting today a letter from Sardar Patel to Sir Girja Shankar Bajpai, the Secretary-General of the External Affairs and Commonwealth Relations Ministry. It is dated November 4, 1950, four...
Kashmir is Indian. Is Tibet really Chinese?
By: Claude Arpi | Date: 21 Oct , 2016
Comrades in the Middle Kingdom must learn from their history and be prepared. New Delhi can be ‘neutral’ but also side with the Tibetans, especially if Beijing continues to side with...
The Most Remote Indian Village on the Indo-Tibet Border
By: Claude Arpi | Issue: Courtesy: http://claudearpi.blogspot.in/ | Date: 17 Oct , 2016
I am posting below an telling email received from the most remote Indian village on the Indo-Tibet border. I have repeatedly mentioned on this blog the difficulty to connect the last village of...
Xi Jinping and the Return of Mao
By: Claude Arpi | Date: 14 Oct , 2016
As President Xi Jinxing arrives in India for the BRICS Summit in Goa, weird information has recently come from China about the revival of the cult of Mao Zedong. It is usually linked to democracy...
China Loves Tibet: An Unacknowledged Victory for the Dalai Lama?
By: Claude Arpi | Issue: Courtesy: http://claudearpi.blogspot.in/ | Date: 14 Oct , 2016
There was a time when the Chinese considered Tibet the most backward, uncultured part of the Middle Kingdom, mainly inhabited by barbarians. This is not the case anymore and this has important...
The future of Ladakh
By: Claude Arpi | Date: 13 Oct , 2016
Making Ladakh a Union Territory would not only help ‘localise’ the Kashmir issue to the Valley, it would also provide a better administration to the mountainous region, streamline the security...
To save CPEC, China Must Act on Terrorism
By: Claude Arpi | Date: 06 Oct , 2016
For the time being, China has stood by Islamabad. But for how long can it do so? Can Beijing support terrorist activities of non-state actors in Pakistan? It cannot afford it. The price would be...
China: Perfecting Tibet Railway Network
By: Claude Arpi | Date: 05 Oct , 2016
Grim news for India: according to Xinhua, the preliminary work on the Yunnan-Tibet Railway is being carried out. On September 20, the Chinese news agency announced the beginning of the work on the...
Panchsheel: It is right for Our Country, for Asia and for the World or Born...
By: Claude Arpi | Issue: Courtesy: http://claudearpi.blogspot.in/ | Date: 25 Sep , 2016
The ‘Agreement on Trade and Intercourse between Tibet Region of China and India’ was signed April 29, 1954 in Beijing. It has remained (in) famous for its preamble, containing the Five...
The End of the Saga: From Toofanis to Rafale
By: Claude Arpi | Date: 21 Sep , 2016
According to PTI, Jean Yves Le Drian, French Defence Minister will land in Delhi on September 22. He will be accompanied by the CEOs of Dassault Aviation, Thales and MBDA (and Safran?) to seal the...
India Must Not Forget Bitter Partition Lessons While Tackling Kashmir
By: Claude Arpi | Date: 17 Sep , 2016
When Prime Minister Narendra Modi met Chinese President Xi Jinping at the G20 Summit in Hangzhou, China, he said that “to ensure durable bilateral ties, and steady development, it is of...
Don’t Give India a Chance to Amuse themselves by Our Failure
By: Claude Arpi | Date: 14 Sep , 2016
The Tibetan factor impeded longer military operations against India in the fall of 1962. With discontent brewing on the Roof of the World, the supply lines to the People’s Liberation Army (PLA),...
“...Rafale is the best fighter plane in the world” - Air Chief Marshal...
By: Claude Arpi | Issue: Vol. 29.3 Jul-Sep 2014 | Date: 10 Sep , 2016
Appointed as the Air Force Chief of Staff (CEMAA) on September 17, 2012, at the age of 53, General Denis Mercier had joined the French Air Force academy in 1979 and qualified as a fighter pilot...
Chinese War Preparations in Tibet ...in 1953
By: Claude Arpi | Date: 10 Sep , 2016
On April 29, 1954, a ‘momentous’ event took place in Beijing. An Agreement between the Republic of India and the People’s Republic of China on Trade and Intercourse between Tibet Region of...
It’s in China’s Interest to Realise Indian Concern
By: Claude Arpi | Date: 09 Sep , 2016
One Belt One Road is a great initiative, but it’s not an easy one. What looks like a masterstroke on paper, will turn into a nightmare for both China and Pakistan if India is not brought on...
Neglected Ladakh: 64 Years Ago!
By: Claude Arpi | Date: 06 Sep , 2016
A much-publicized All Party delegation has just paid a two-day visit to Jammu and Kashmir. Of course, Ladakh was not in the program. A release of the Press Information Bureau (PIB) says that after...
A New Boss for Tibet: Wu Yingjie
By: Claude Arpi | Date: 29 Aug , 2016
Between two swims at the beach resort of Beidaihe, the top Communist leadership undertook a first round of reshuffles in the provinces. Tibet has now a new boss, Wu Yingjie, 59. Wu is the...
PLA Unit 77656 at India's Chumbi Gate
By: Claude Arpi | Date: 25 Aug , 2016
By honouring the PLA Unit closest to India’s vulnerable Siliguri Corridor, Beijing has responded to Delhi’s efforts to assert itself along the border through improved military presence and...
Union Territory Status for Ladakh?
By: Claude Arpi | Issue: Courtesy: http://claudearpi.blogspot.in/ | Date: 23 Aug , 2016
Violence has again erupted in Kashmir. More than ever, Islamabad seems determined to create problems for India in the Valley. And it is not covert anymore! On the occasion of Pakistan’s...
China Scared of 17 Mountain Strike Corps?
By: Claude Arpi | Date: 22 Aug , 2016
Yesterday Xinhua announced that Xi Jinping, the Chairman of the Central Military Commission, presented honorary titles to two military units for their outstanding services. One is Unit 77656,...