09 Mar 2022
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On Saturday, the Ministry of Finance revealed its annual defense budget for 2022.
The headline growth number (Xinhua):
It will increase by 7.1% to RMB 1.45 trillion, or USD 229 billion.
But just how significant is this rise?
One way to assess defense spending is to consider the defense ...
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