DTN News - CHINA HIKES DEFENCE BUDGET: China Massive, Technology-Led Military Buildup And Bully-In-The-Neighborhood Stance Fuels Asian Arms Race

DTN News - CHINA HIKES DEFENCE BUDGET: China Massive, Technology-Led Military Buildup And Bully-In-The-Neighborhood Stance Fuels Asian Arms Race


(NSI News Source Info) TORONTO, Canada – March 19, 2012: Chinese Paramilitary soldiers train outside their barracks in Beijing on March 19, 2012. 


Military spending in Asia will top that in Europe for the first time this year, the International Institute for Strategic Studies (IISS) said in its annual assessment of the strength of the world's armies.


China leads the way in Asia and is engaged in a modernisation programme of its forces and military hardware financed by its rapid economic development.


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