China, India need to 'properly address' differences through dialogue: Chinese envoy

Asserting that Beijing and New Delhi need to "properly address" differences through dialogue, Chinese envoy to India Sun Weidong said on Thursday that it is necessary to go beyond the "mode of differences management" and focus on actively shaping the bilateral relations.

The Chinese ambassador also asserted that his country will never bully others, nor will it be bullied.

Addressing a gathering here to celebrate the 70th anniversary of New China, Sun said the rise of developing countries and emerging economies as a whole represented by China, India and other countries has dramatically changed the international landscape.

As the only two developing countries with more than 1 billion population, China-India relations go beyond the bilateral scope and has global significance, he said.

China and India have achieved national liberation and independence almost at the same time, jointly advocated the Five Principles of Peaceful Coexistence, and supported each other in pursuing national ...