China vs. Taiwan

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China is more than doubling its budgeted defense spending this year as part of an aggressive military modernization strategy, including deterring any moves by Taiwan to declare independence, the Pentagon said.

China's official defense budget in 2004 is more than 25 billion dollars.

But when off-budget funding for foreign weapons system imports is included, total defense-related expenditures this year should soar to between 50 and 70 billion dollars, said Richard Lawless, the deputy undersecretary of defence.

This would rank China third in defense spending after the United States and Russia, he told a Senate hearing where China's military reforms were discussed Thursday.
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Anhand dieses Artickel kann man schon sehen dass China für den Fall der Fälle rüstet.