[Sponge Bob]

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-16337648

China GPS rival Beidou starts offering navigation data
China's satellite navigation system has become operational, according to an official.
Beidou now offered location, timing and navigation data to China and surrounding areas announced the project's spokesman Ran Cheng.
China has been working on the system since 2000 to provide an alternative to the US government-run Global Positioning System (GPS).
The move should make China's military less dependent on foreign technology.

Mind you

China plans to launch a further 25 satellites to extend the reach of its navigation service

Might work properly then. I believe finally by 2020. The EU took a load of cash off China for Gallileo some years back and then decided to build their own Galilleo instead or so it seems. This system will not amuse some people.

[Cork boy 55]

project on course

China has moved a step closer to completing its own navigation and positioning satellite network with the launch of two more navigation satellites.
It brings the Beidou system, which became operational with coverage of China last December, to 13 satellites.
To have global coverage, the country eventually aims to have 35 satellites in orbit by 2020.

http://www.bbc.com/news/technology-17896353