China Belt And Road Initiative

James Mattis praises Narendra Modi's remarks on massive debts in a likely criticism of Chinese loans

James Mattis praised Narendra Modi's take at the Shangri-La Dialogue on the dangers of accepting loans that are "too good to be true".

China launches two navigation satellites; will provide services for Belt and Road initiative

Named after the Chinese term for the plough or the Big Dipper constellation, the BeiDou project was formally initiated in 1994. It began to serve China in 2000 and the Asia-Pacific region at the end of 2012.