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ovember 7 1959 there is no 1959 line moreover the cia report notes that it is a phrase used by peking in the past to refer to the so called mcmahon line which delineates the eastern part of the sino indian frontier the chinese assertion is absolutely incorrect since till date china has never exchanged maps or given its perceptions of the line of actual control lac in the eastern sector of the boundary according to the us spy agency peking s statement noted that a chinese protest on the incident had been delivered to the indian embassy in peking on 22 october that the indian embassy had agreed on the 25th to accept china s offer of the 22nd to collect the bodies of the four dead soldiers and that an indian representative at tulung had accepted the bodies and captured indian weapons and ammunition from the chinese side on the 28th and had signed a receipt this chronology might be correct the issue remains why this sudden unprovoked on indian territory the order to kill the indian soldiers probably came from a local commander in tibet who wanted to remind the indian army and government of the 1962 border conflict the incident took place on october 20 the exact day the war had started on the namkha chu river 13 years earlier any china watcher knows that there are no coincidences with china while visiting the chhetri memorial built on the site of the incident i realised that this was the objective of the pla s uncalled for shooting a strong reminder to india that beijing could strike anywhere at any time the cia reports does not make the connection between 1962 and 1975 but notes though accusing the indian side of spreading slander about the clash the chinese statement was far milder than china s last official protest over an armed border clash in 1967 at that time a series of chinese foreign ministry statements in september and october had scathingly labeled the indian aggressors denounced the reactionary indian government for its alleged hypocrisy in calling for a peaceful border settlement and normalization of relations with china and accused new delhi of working closely with the united states and the ussr to foster anti china opinion in the world it was clearly to show india that the chinese army were the masters of the himalaya and that the 1967 clash in sikkim would be avenged for the cia this current statement concluded by giving unusual emphasis to peking s repeated measures to maintain the border status quo avoid armed conflict and preserve peace pending a final settlement of the frontier issue prime minister modi will hear similar arguments in shanghai at the end of the month interestingly on november 1 1975 tass news agency reposted the reports of the indian protest two days later tass carried indian a press comment condemning the chinese action as an affront to india s expressed desire for normal sino chinese relations it remarked that it was the latest evidence of the great power hegemonistic policy of the chinese leaders in south asia the same day moscow radio spoke of china s interference in the kashmir and sikkim issue and support for subversion and insurrection in northeastern india interesting in today s context the fact that the indian army has built a memorial for the four assam rifle soldiers who lost their lives at 17 000 ft is praiseworthy one can only hope that in the near future more indians will visit the spot it remains that the indian negotiators in shanghai or elsewhere should not be taken in by china mago village mago chu river cave thingbu village in mago circle on the way to tulung la war memorial the pass behind posted by claude arpi at 9 42 am no comments email this blogthis share to x share to facebook share to pinterest labels arunachal thingbu tulung la mago sunday august 24 2025 celebrating the partition of tibet on august 20 at noon chinese president xi jinping also general secretary of the communist party of china and chairman of the central military commission landed at lhasa gongkar airport his fourth visit to tibet was to celebrate sixty years of the tibet autonomous region tar but what is the tar in 1965 a tibet autonomous region was established to administrate central and westen tibet the area corresponded to the former ü tsang province and some parts of western kham it was a tragedy for the tibetans because it meant the partition of tibet traditional ethnic linguistic tibet was composed of three provinces ü tsang kham and amdo suddenly tibet was divided in five parts tar was one of them and the remaining parts were amalgamated to the chinese provinces of qinghai gansu sichuan and yunnan tibet was dismembered it has always been one of the dalai lama s demands to reunite the five parts of tibet into one administrative and political entity further the autonomy promised in the name itself was never given for the past 60 years the first secretary of the tar communist party is not a tibetan but a han there are very few ethnic tibetans in the higher echelons of the party as we could see in the videos of xi jinping s recent visit the delegation xi was accompanied by a large delegation from beijing the xinhua release observed that xi was looking at the long term stability and high quality development of tibet in the new era and the construction of a socialist modern tibet xi was greeted by a cheering crowd when he stepped out of the cabin and waved to the people dressed in festive attire people from different ethnic groups waved red flags and flower bouquets dancing to joyful rhythms it looked more a north korea type of reception with everyone clapping at unison did the tibetans crowds have the choice to not participate probably not during the following day the clapping continued wherever xi went during such visits it is always important to look at the composition of the central delegation it is the best way to decipher the visit xi was accompanied by wang huning no 4 in the party chairman of the chinese people s political consultative conference and member of the politburo s standing committee wang s colleague cai qi no 5 in the partry and director of the general office of the central committee who often accompanies xi in his tours was present three other members of the politburo came to lhasa li ganjie head of the united front work department along with he lifeng and zhang guoqing also present was the powerful minister of public security wang xiaohong and gen zhang shengmin a member of the central military commission who replaced the cmc s strong man gen zhang youxia who had accompanied xi in 2021 why gen zhang did not come is probably because xi and zhang have lately not seen eye to eye more importantly and hardly noticed was the presence of hu chunhua a former party secretary in tibet who was at one time xi s heir apparent after being apparently disgraced he seems to be back in favour his eventual return needs to be followed closely incidentally hu is one of the very few han leaders who can speak tibetan apart from gen zhang youxia gen wang haijiang who since august 2021 has been commanding the western theatre command opposite india was missing in action earlier wang had a long career in tibet has he been purged everything is possible in china today also missing lt gen wang kai the commander of the tibet military district only the tmd s political commissar lt gen yuan honggang was seen around these absences are intriguing the fourth visit it was xi s fourth visit to the roof of the world in june 1998 then deputy secretary of the fujian provincial party committee he came to tibet for the first time to take back a first batch of tibet aid cadres in fujian and bring a second batch in 2011 xi jinping then vice president led a delegation from the central committee to attend the celebration of the 60th anniversary of the so called peaceful liberation of tibet he then said the ecological protection of tibet is an important issue and it is necessary to protect tibet s blue sky his next visit was in 2021 from july 21 to 23 the general secretary was in tibet to congratulate the 70th anniversary of the peaceful liberation of tibet and visit and comfort the cadres and masses of all ethnic groups in tibet he also visited nyingchi prefecture near the indian border where he inspected the ecological environment protection of the yarlung tsangpo river and the nyang river basin later he travelled by train to lhasa the program president xi met six representative groups people of ethnic groups and all walks of life living in lhasa then cadres who are posted in tibet next were judicial workers and police officers followed by grassroots role models and patriotic members of the religious circles finally he had a photo session with military officers ranked colonel and above during all these sessions xi looked tired sometime haggard while the other leaders visited the six cities prefectures outside lhasa xi remained in the capital to rest during his meeting with the religious leaders xi had a brief encounter not more than 5 seconds with gyaltsen norbu the chinese selected panchen lama it was the only time that the latter was seen during the visit which probably means that norbu will not play an important role in the selection of the next dalai lama as he was not given any prominent role during the visit wang huning and cai qi attended all the meetings the work report xi was invited to listen to the work report of the tar government during his interaction xi stressed that tibet should fully implement the party s strategy of governing tibet in the new era adhere to the general tone of steady progress implement the new development concept in a complete and accurate manner solidly promote high quality development continue to grasp the four major events of stability development ecology and strong edge and strive to build a socialist modern new tibet that is prosperous civilized harmonious and beautiful the usual jargon do the tibetans really believe this it is doubtful but do they have a choice the chinese president then made a summary of the party s successes for 60 years its economic and social development has achieved remarkable progress leading to profound changes in the plateau region it cannot be denied that materially tibet has changed xi explained beijing s policies governing tibet ensuring its stability and promoting its prosperity must begin with maintaining political and social stability ethnic unity and amity among different religions calling for further advancing the building of a community for the chinese nation xi asserted stability is a recurrent issue in xi s discourse xi then emphasized the need to guide tibetan buddhism in adapting itself to socialist society he did not use the usual term of sinisation of tibetan buddhism but the result will be the same erasing all traces of indian influence on the propagation of buddhism in tibet he also asserted that tibet now called xizang by the chinese government needs to develop competitive plateau industries based on local conditions with a particular focus on industries of agriculture and animal husbandry with local features as well as the clean energy sector this is being done on a large scale completely changing the landscape of the roof of the world and worse changing the demography of the plateau by bringing lakhs of migrants from china finally he mentioned the construction of a series of hydropower plants on the yarlung tsangpo brahmaputra which cause deep anxiety in india major projects such as the hydropower project in the lower reaches of the yarlung tsangpo river and the sichuan xizang railway project in a vigorous orderly and effective manner he spoke of the promotion of ecological conservation to make coordinated efforts to cut carbon emissions reduce pollution expand green development and pursue economic growth so as to protect the roof of the world and the water tower of asia it does not make practical sense one can t destroy and protect the environment at the same time the return of zhao zongqi during the gala reception in the evening india was in for a surprise gen zhao zongqi the artisan of the doklam confrontation 2017 and the eastern ladakh chinese intrusions in 2020 was posturing seated in full uniform in the row behind the top leader gen zhao has retired in december 2020 as commander of the western theatre command after spending two decades posted in tibet after taking the command of this sensitive area facing india he created havoc in the sino indian relations by trying to occupy five places in ladakh so why was he invited probably to show india that the border issue is far from being settled despite the recent meeting of the special representatives in delhi this visit the shortest of xi s four visits is ominous for the tibetans as well gaining any type of autonomy in the present circumstances is utopic and the question remains are the tibetans allowed to not clap gen zhang shengmin member cmc in lhoka wang huning at tashi lhunpo monastery with chinese panchen lama stage managed reception for xi jinping in lhasa airport posted by claude arpi at 7 36 am no comments email this blogthis share to x share to facebook share to pinterest labels gen zhang shengmin gyaltsen norbu wang huning xi in tibet saturday august 2 2025 finding the future dalai lama the role of the ganden phodrang trust my interview finding the future dalai lama the role of the ganden phodrang trust is on youtube in this compelling interview with ishan dhar eminent historian and tibetologist mr claude arpi currently a distinguished fellow at the centre of excellence for himalayan studies shiv nadar university delves into the complex dynamics of the forthcoming succession of his holiness the 14th dalai lama he offers insights into the role of the ganden phodrang trust its composition and the potential challenges it may encounter in navigating this critical transition posted by claude arpi at 4 46 am no comments email this blogthis share to x share to facebook share to pinterest labels china dalai lama succession dharamsala gaden phodrang thursday july 10 2025 dalai lama 90 my article dalai lama 90 appeared in the times of india the tibetan spiritual leader s succession could see nasty exchanges between india and china that s why dalai should quickly provide details about the process of finding his successor here is the link the dalai lama is 90 years old what an incredible destiny for lhamo dhondrub a boy born in taktser in a remote hamlet of amdo province in north eastern tibet at the age of four tenzin gyatso was recognized as the reincarnation of the thirteenth dalai lama and for the tibetans the incarnation of avalokiteshvara the bodhisattva of compassion the world is in turmoil today time seems to have accelerated and violence has reached every corner of the planet in the midst of all this the dalai lama continues to preach love and compassion to other human fellows he was hardly 15 years when the chinese people s liberation army walked unhindered onto the ...