Australian, Chinese envoys to India spar over SCS

Australian High Commissioner Barry O'Farrell on Friday hit back at Chinese Ambassador to India Sun Weidong for objecting to his comments about China's 'destabilising' manoeuvres in the South China......

China claims 1,000 years sovereignty over SCS, denies US charges

Refuting United States allegations of building a 'maritime empire' in the disputed South China Sea, China on Tuesday claimed its jurisdiction over the vast ocean existed for more than 1,000 years......

China is on a strong wicket in Asia

'It is an unpleasant fact of history that stronger nations dominate the power play and the only way it can be mitigated is through recourse to diplomacy,' says Ambassador M K Bhadrakumar.......

India, Vietnam sign nuclear-pact, 3 other agreements

In a significant development, India and influential East Asian nation Vietnam on Friday signed a civil nuclear cooperation agreement, with Prime Minister Narendra Modi asserting that it will......