People’s Liberation Army soldiers march next to the entrance to the Forbidden City during the opening ceremony of the Chinese People’s Political Consultative Conference in May in Beijing. Photo: AFP
China may outmatch American military in missile development and shipbuilding, says US Defence Department report
- ‘China has already achieved parity with – or even exceeded – the United States in several military modernisation areas,’ says Pentagon
- China is likely to double its nuclear warhead stockpile over the next decade, according to the report
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People’s Liberation Army soldiers march next to the entrance to the Forbidden City during the opening ceremony of the Chinese People’s Political Consultative Conference in May in Beijing. Photo: AFP