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Article: China Says Military Spending to Increase
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- March 4, 2005
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ELAINE KURTENBACH, Associated Press Writer
AP Online
03-04-2005
Dateline: BEIJING
Chinese paramilitary police officers march across Beijing's Tiananmenm Square before the opening ceremony of the Chinese Peoples' Political Consultative Conference (CPPCC) in the adjacent Great Hall of the People in Beijing Thursday March 3, 2005. The CPPCC is a largely powerless advisory body to China's legislature, the National Peoples' Congress, which opens its annual session Saturday. (AP Photo/Greg Baker)
China on Friday announced a 12.6 percent increase in military spending, but tried to calm fears that an anti-secession bill due to be enacted after parliament convenes this weekend could set the stage ...