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Another ‘red scare'
BY ERIC MARGOLIS (World View)

9 March 2008


CHINA ‘threatens the stability of Asia.’ Such was the dire warning issued by the US Department of Defense last week, as it criticised the 17.6 per cent increase in China's 2008 military budget.

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This process will be gradual. Today, China has only around 350 modern warplanes, a weak navy, and little ability to project power more than 160kms from its coasts.
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