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China slows rise in military spending- By:Generalissimo of All Armed Forces Richard Su 1st Tiger Marine Amphibious Intellegence Regiment 642nd Dragonknight Special Armed Forces Division/Task Force 936 (Stealth Squads) 1st and 22nd SAS Special Forces Recon Army/Task Force 628 (Firestorm Squads)- 2nd and 75th Army Rangers Special Ops Recon Army/Task Force 246 (Gryphon Squads) 3rd, 7th and 10th Green Berets Special Ops Army/ Task Force 156 (Predator Squads) 4th, 8th and 11th Delta Force Special Ops Army/Task Forces 716 (Eagle Squads) 5th and 10th Navy SEALS Teams/ Task Forces 2316 and 6015 (Tactical Squads) 6th and 12th Marines Raiders Security Force Army/ Task Forces 001 and 007 (Honor Squads) 9th,14th,15th and 16th Spetsnaz Recon Teams/Task Forces 6,24,15,and 60 (Dragoon Squads) Summary- China has slowed their military spending to under 10%, a first since in the late 1980's. They are now spending at 7.5 percent instead of the normal 10+% that they normally spend. The exact amount that they plan to spend is about 532.1bn yuan ($77.9bn:£51.7bn) over the year. A spokesman, Li Zhaoxing said that, as a proportion of GDP, China still spends less than other countries, such as the US. (BBC) D.C. has urge that China should open up about their crazy rising rate of military spending. Here is the Pentagon report on China's military spending.

Speaking at a news conference, Mr Li claimed China was increasing transparency on this issue. He said the extra money being spent on the military would help it meet various security threats, without specifying what those threats were. But he added: "The only purpose of China's limited military strength is to safeguard China's sovereignty and territorial integrity." (BBC) They are reducing the amount of troops to have better trained troops.Salaries and other benefits for officers and ordinary soldiers have also been improved. Previous large spending increases could explain the smaller increase this year. (BBC) This spending spree came in the 1980's when China started its transformation of its armed forces. A Chinese officer in the armed forces says that China should aim in this century to beat the US in military power. But the comments underscore the military tension that currently exists between China and, primarily, the United States because of the 6.4 billion dollars sale of arms to Taiwan by the US which Taiwan considers itslef independent from China, which think that Taiwan (Formosa, as it was formerly called during the 1900's) is still theirs. Sources- BBC News- [] Telegraph- [] Similar- They agree that China is obviously slowing their military spending. Their rate of increase is now at 7.5 percent. Both articles say that this is a first time for China to dip their military spending to under 10% which is the rate they were growing their military. Difference- There are misspellings in Telegraph article. BBC doesn't talk about China's goal. Also, BBC Telegraph puts an estimate at 50 years for China to match the US in Military power and BBC doesn't say a specific year when China is going to match the US. Opinion- China is a very militarized country, first of all. TO SEE THEM CUT SPENDING ON IT MEANS THAT THEY WILL SPEND THE MONEY ELSEWHERE TO BENEFIT CHINA... Most likely I would see that China would increase Military spending but due to this worldwide recession every country including China is cutting things here and there to curb their country's defecit.