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Article: Column - China boosts its military spending.(Column)
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- UNB - United News of Bangladesh
- Article date:
- March 14, 2008
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By: Barrister Harun ur RashidMarch 14 (Dhaka Courier) -- On 4 March, China announced a sharp increase in military spending. Its military budget will increase by 17.6% per cent or $58.8 billion. This follows a 17.8% per cent increase in 2007.China has reportedly posted double-digit increases in annual military spending in the past two decades to acquire an array of modern weapons and for better training for its 2.3 million-strong military, the world's biggest standing force (as against India's about 1.3 million and Pakistan's 620,000).Chinese officials further claim that the Chinese government has moderately increased its spending from a low base and it is not ...