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Saturday, June 14, 2025

China is preparing the Dalai Lama’s succession

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Gyaltsen Norbu, the Chinese Panchen Lama visits the Indian Border north of Upper Subansiri (Arunachal) China is at it again: “Recognition of...
Friday, June 6, 2025

Hot Summer on the Tibetan Plateau

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The political climate is hotting up on the Tibetan plateau. Xinhua has announced that President Xi Jinping ‘accepted an audience’ with th...
Saturday, May 17, 2025

Should China's Arunachal Name Changes Worry India?

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Chinese map with the 'new' names Note that Sakteng area is part of Bhutan My article Should China's Arunachal Name Changes Worry...
Saturday, April 5, 2025

Mr Xi, what have you gained in Ladakh?

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My open letter to Chairman Xi Jinping ( Mr Xi, what have you gained in Ladakh? ) has been published by Rediff.com on the occasion of his 68...
Friday, April 4, 2025

100 years ago: Sri Aurobindo arrives in Pondicherry

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Here a eleven years ago article on the arrival of Sri Aurobindo in Pondicherry on April 4, 1910. On April 4, Pondicherry celebrates the 100t...
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Saturday, March 29, 2025

Have the Serfs been Emancipated?

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Propaganda picture showing the 'serfs' being emancipated The reality was different I am reposting a two-year old article about the...
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Sunday, February 9, 2025

The History of the First Months of Establishment 22 (Special Frontier Force)

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I am reproducing an old post on the history of the First Months of the Establishment 22 This post is dedicated to Gyalo Thondup. the Dalai ...
Monday, February 3, 2025

How the Tibetans were emancipated ...by the guns

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Sixty four years ago... I am reposting this very special document: the Report for the months of March, April and May 1959 sent by the In...
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Claude Arpi
Claude Arpi is born in Angoulême (France) in 1949. His real quest started in 1972 with a journey to the Indian Himalayas. Since then he has been an enthusiastic student of the history of Tibet, China and the subcontinent. Claude Arpi regularly writes on the history, geopolitics and environment of the region as well as on the Indo-French relations. Presently Distinguished Fellow, Centre of Excellence for Himalayan Studies, Shiv Nadar Institution of Eminence (Delhi)
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