China is engaged in hotly contested territorial disputes in the South and East China Seas. Beijing has also made substantial progress in militarising its man-made islands in the past few years, which it says it has the right to defend.
'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.
Think twice before throwing a used tea bag in the trash can!
Summary of sports events and persons who made news on Thursday
Miss Universe 2000 Lara Dutta on what it takes to be a beauty queen.
She is a 'beautiful' advocate of Mother Earth.
Isha Lakhani and Ankita Bhambri won their singles matches against Philippines.
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