Claude Arpi

Claude Arpi While the world talks of Xi's 'dream', waves after waves of Chinese visitors can suddenly be seen pouring along the Belt and Road. Is Delhi aware of the time bomb at its gates? A Tibet Work Forum is a conference attended by…
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Claude Arpi China is pressing India to jump on board the mega One Belt One Road (OBOR) initiative. The Global Times recently complained: "New Delhi has yet to sign up for the OBOR, and has claimed that there is a sovereignty issue with the…
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  Claude Arpi  It is impossible to rewind history. What happened has happened. It is, however, always possible to learn from past successes, victories, as well as defeats. In fact there is certainly more to learn from blunders. One, called…
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Claude Arpi  Today's world is confusing. Take China. It is an atheist Marxist regime, with a strong allergy to religion, but it is sponsoring religion. During a recent visit to the Buddhist Kingdom of Bhutan, Chinese Ambassador to India,…
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   Claude Arpi  They were furious after the announcement of the verdict of the Permanent Court of Arbitration (PCA). The International Tribunal in The Hague had given its ruling on a reference by the Philippines over the South China Sea:…
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Claude Arpi  Kashmir is once again on the boil. It would be wrong to simplify the issue and put the entire blame on Pakistan. Other issues such as allowing public funerals when the Jammu and Kashmir Government is aware that thousands of…
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Claude Arpi  While speaking at a garden party at Buckingham Palace, Queen Elizabeth said that certain Chinese officials had been 'very rude' during Chinese President Xi Jinping's State visit to the UK in October 2015; it was supposed to…
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Claude Arpi The Chinese leadership is clever; much more than its Indian counterpart, at least as far as the defence budget is concerned. Let me explain. In China, large chunks of the expenditures for the border infrastructure development…
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 Claude Arpi  Modern China has several facets. Unfortunately, the most disturbing, the totalitarian one, has come to the fore during the past year. Take the example of Ursula Gauthier, the French correspondent based in Beijing for the…
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Claude Arpi  While the Indian archives are still jealously kept in the vaults of the Ministry of External Affairs, the Chinese are slowly (and selectively) declassifying their documents. Is declassification on the agenda of Modi Sarkaar?…
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