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China to raise defense spending by 7.1% to $229 billion
2022-03-06
[AlAhram] China on Saturday announced a 7.1% increase in defense spending in 2022 to $229 billion, continuing years of robust spending on its increasingly powerful military that is challenging the U.S. armed forces' dominance in the Indo-Pacific region.
Posted by:trailing wife

#4  Everybody's increasing their defense spending all of a sudden. Wonder why?
Posted by: jpal   2022-03-06 10:51  

#3  An in a very large part funded by US CONSUMERS.
Posted by: NN2N1   2022-03-06 09:14  

#2  ...well, they burn fewer ships at dock than we do. That is something.
Posted by: Procopius2k   2022-03-06 06:28  

#1  Keep in mind they have more purchasing power than we do. And their shipbuilding industry actually seems to work.
Posted by: Thing From Snowy Mountain   2022-03-06 01:10  

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