TOKYO/NEW DELHI -- Only one ocean in the world is named after a country, Adm. R. Hari Kumar, India's chief of naval staff, said in a speech last Wednesday. "With water on three sides and the Himalayas to the north, India lies in the very lap of the Indian Ocean."
Chinese efforts to develop suspected dual-use ports in countries surrounding India -- dubbed a "string of pearls" -- have attracted attention for years. © Illustration by Hiroko Oshima
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