Claude Arpi
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| Born in Angoulême, France, Claude Arpi's real quest began 36 years ago with a journey to the Himalayas. Since then he has been an enthusiastic student of the history of Tibet, China and the subcontinent. He is the author of numerous English and French books including. His forthcoming book, ‘Tibet: the lost Frontier’ (Lancers Publishers) will be released soon. |
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Crisis might be too strong a word, but it is not an exaggeration to say that China is going through its most uncertain and most tense period since the Tiananmen crisis of June 1989. The Bo Xilai More
Three years after the demonstrations which saw more than one hundred dead in many number of incidents in Tibet, unrest has flared up again. This time, it was a series of self-immolations which began More
The New York Times columnist Paul Krugman recently wrote an op-ed on the Chinese economic bubble in which he points out: "I've been reluctant to weigh in on the Chinese situation, in part because it's More
The ploy didn't cost China much -- and it did work partially. As preparations for the Global Buddhist Congregation (GBC), organized by the Ashoka Mission with a projected attendance by some 900 monks More
A few months ago, the State Council (the Chinese Cabinet) for the first time acknowledged some serious problems faced by the mega Three Gorges Dam. An official statement affirmed: "At the same time More
In December 2004, an interesting White Paper on Defense was published by the Chinese government. When I read it for the first time, I could not grasp a concept mentioned several times by its acronym More
​What direction will the superpower that is China take in 2011? The past year has been marked by a hardening of China's foreign policy in several sectors and by deterioration in Beijing's relations More
You should not become dogmatic. As the wise test gold by burning, cutting and rubbing it (on a piece of touchstone), so are you to accept my words only after examining them and not merely out of More
Claude Arpi The 2010 Nobel Peace Prize has been awarded to Liu Xiaobo, the jailed initiator of Charter 08, which calls for the introduction of democratic reforms in China. Not surprisingly, the More
A hostile country wanting to attack France needs only to choose the month of August. It may not have been the case during the life and times of Asterix, but since World War II, every office in More
