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Pumps dredging sand at the site of a Chinese-funded $1.4 billion reclamation project next to the Colombo main sea port on January 2, 2018. China has several infrastructure projects planned as part of its "One Belt, One Road" initiative for spreading its geopolitical influence. Lakruwan Wanniarachchi/AFP/Getty Images
In April, Chinese defense minister Wei Fenghe announced in a meeting with a Pakistani naval chief that Beijing was open to providing “security guarantees” for its flagship economic investment project, the One Belt One Road Initiative (OBOR).
