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Article: China Increases Military Spending
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- March 7, 2002
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Title: China Increases Military Spending
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BEIJING (AP) _ Looking to define its place in a changing world, China
on Wednesday sharply raised defense spending, cast itself as a regional
peacemaker and promised to cushion the impact of World Trade Organization
membership on workers and farmers.
The moves, reflected both in the release of China's budget and a news
conference by the foreign minister, came on the second day of the
country's annual legislative session _ attended by nearly 5,000 delegates
of the National People's Congress and its advisory body.
"China has further raised its international position and expanded
its influence in ...