China Plans to Expand Its Defense Budget by 7.2%

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China plans to expand its defense budget by 7.2%

China announced a 7.2% increase in its defense budget for the coming year, up slightly from last year’s 7.1% rate of increase.

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AP reports on this.

This is the eighth consecutive increase in the military budget. The 2023 figure was given as 1.55 trillion yuan ($224 billion), roughly double the figure from 2013.

In his report to the annual session of China’s rubber-stamp parliament, Premier Li Keqiang said that over the past year, “We remained committed to the Party’s absolute leadership over the people’s armed forces.”
Голова Постійного комітету Всенародного з’їзду народних депутатів Лі Чжаньшу, президент Китаю Сі Цзіньпін і прем’єр Лі Кецян під час відкриття сесії Всекитайських зборів народних представників (ВЗНП) у Домі народних зборів у Пекіні, неділя, 5 березня 2023 р. (AP Photo/Ng Хань Гуань)
Li Zhanshu, Chairman of the Permanent Committee of the National Congress of People’s Deputies, China President Xi Jinping and Prime Minister Li Keqiang during the opening /NG Han Guan)

The People’s Liberation Army is a military wing of the ruling Communist Party. It is governed by a party commission led by President and Party leader Xi Jinping.

Li Keqiang noted that China’s army became a “more modernized and capable fighting force,” but he offered no details.

“We should consolidate and enhance the integration of national strategies and strategic capabilities and step up capacity building in science, technology, and industries related to national defense. That includes promoting mutual support between civilian and military sectors,” Li Keqiang said.

Some expenses are planned to be allocated to improve the troops’ welfare.
Expanding Chinese influence

At the same time, the National Liberation Army of China has significantly expanded its presence abroad in recent years.

China has already established one foreign military base in the Horn of Africa nation of Djibouti.
Китайська військова база в Джибуті. Супутниковий знімок, травень 2020
Chinese military base in Djibouti. Satellite image, May 2020

China is refurbishing Cambodia’s Ream Naval Base, which could give it at least a semi-permanent presence on the Gulf of Thailand facing the disputed South China Sea.

The modernization effort has prompted concerns among the U.S. and its allies, particularly over Taiwan.

In his remarks on Taiwan, Li Keqiang said the government had followed the party’s “overall policy for the new era on resolving the Taiwan question and resolutely fought against separatism and countered interference.”

Along with Taiwan, tensions have been rising with the U.S. over China’s militarization of islands in the South China Sea.

On March 2, the United States approved the potential sale of missiles for F-16 fighter jets to Taiwan (Republic of China).

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Armaros

1 year ago

The West built the Soviet Empire by arming Stalin
It was necessary to beat the Holocaust perpetrator, Hitler.

The West then built up China
With the delusion that capital will make them reform

For 30 years the West, especially the US has built up China into a superpower.

How grateful were the Russians after being saved 3 times by America?
The two famines plus wwii

They wanted to destroy America and still do .

Who thought that China was going to be different?

We have a China Class ruling elite that is still protecting China within the English language world .

We were attacked by China with a WMD, a biological weapon that killed 1M Americans and 7M world wide . And ruined billions of people and businesses amounting to figures difficult to even comprehend.
Yet the China class is moving more Chinese tyranny and immigration into our societies.

Any war with China means also a civil war to eject the China class traitors or no war with China could be won

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T D

1 year ago

Reply to  Armaros

“The West then built up China
With the delusion that capital will make them reform”

What professor Steven Kotkin says is the western tendecy for “Pigmallion’s Effect”. We always expect the best in people; even neo-marxist regimes.

Normalizing trade with China-Russia-Iran has been such a disaster for the west. they use the profits they make to fund their war machines.
Normalization help create a new cold war.

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T D

1 year ago

Reply to  T D

Pygmalion’s effect.
dammit. I can’t spell it right.
Pyg not pig.

Pigmallion refers to Jerry Nadler’s effect.

Last edited 1 year ago by T D

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Keith1941

1 year ago

Reply to  Armaros

Yes….and it also reminds me of how inviting immigrants into our country who will see how great it is, and ’embrace’ our culture, strive to be ‘Americans’.

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Snowedin

1 year ago

The US is also expanding the military budget to further diversify and expand the population of trannys who are inducted and want to get their trans operations.

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Harry Grimes

1 year ago

Freaks and pederasts just like the sociopath in the Oval Office – a man who will say and do anything to enrich himself at the Nation’s expense.

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1 year ago

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Harry Grimes

1 year ago

When we go to war, all trans, pederasts and lesbians, and blacks should be sent in first since they are superior fighters.

Then, the real men can be sent in as back up.

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turtlebrat

1 year ago

Reply to  Harry Grimes

send joe he beat cornpop

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disqus_kpTJOHSJkW

1 year ago

Every time anyone buys anything made in china, they’re helping build the military that we will have to fight.

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Hardrock

1 year ago

Reply to  disqus_kpTJOHSJkW

I have for years done my best NOT to buy China products. But in all honesty it’s as if the only place in the world where they make anything is in China. You can’t buy anything that’s not made in China.

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ed

1 year ago

So apparently the US plan to combat China is to spring the REAR END Admiral, Dick(less) Levine on them, to make them all laugh hysterically, and then send in the real troops while they are incapacitated by laughter ???

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1 year ago

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