Military Budget

Behind the smokescreen of Beijing's 2013 defence budget

6 Mar 2013

Yesterday, Beijing announced that it will jack up defence spending by 10.7 per cent this year to 720 billion yuan (HK$897 billion).

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Japan increases military budget amid tension with Beijing

9 Jan 2013

Japan is to spend more than US$1 billion to expand radar coverage and military surveillance flights in its first increase in military spending in more than a decade as the newly elected Liberal...

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US military spending befits its purpose

19 Dec 2012

Critics of American spending for military power often make three arguments: The US spends more than a combination of the military budgets of the next 12, 15 or 17 nations, depending on who is...

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World misunderstands China's military expenditure, say experts

5 Mar 2009

What China includes and does not include in calculating its military budget is the reason the outside world fails to understand its real defence expenditure, military experts said.

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US criticised for its 'cold-war mentality'

7 Mar 2008

Delegates to China's political advisory body joined the People's Daily yesterday in lambasting the United States, saying its accusations about the mainland's military build-up reflected a cold-...

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Ill will surrounds mainland military bill

21 Jun 2005

No line item in the mainland's annual budget gets more attention than national defence.

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