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submitted 1 year ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

cross-posted from: https://lemmy.ca/post/16827256

China will boost its defence spending by 7.2% this year, fuelling a military budget that has more than doubled under President Xi Jinping's 11 years in office as Beijing hardens its stance on Taiwan, according to official reports on Tuesday.

China also officially adopted tougher language against Taiwan as it released the budget figures, dropping the mention of "peaceful reunification" in a government report delivered by Premier Li Qiang at the opening of the National People's Congress (NPC), China's rubber-stamp parliament, on Tuesday.

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[-] [email protected] 12 points 1 year ago

They've left out that part before, this is kind of a nothingburger and just reads as warmongering tbh.

military budget that has more than doubled under President Xi Jinping’s 11 years in office

...Because the entire economy has doubled in size in that time. China's defense spending as a percentage of the gdp has actually gone down the past few decades.

[-] [email protected] 3 points 1 year ago

All US news is warmongering.

[-] [email protected] 6 points 1 year ago

Taiwan is part of the People's Republic of China.

[-] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago

They didn't include the phrase in a report == they're gonna invade?

I guess, if you're a braindead natocucked reporter.

Although it is not the first time that China had omitted the word "peaceful", the change in language is closely watched as a possible sign of more assertive stance towards Taiwan.

lol

[-] [email protected] -2 points 1 year ago

So unnecessarily aggressive .

[-] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago

Some guy rolls a dice to decide if they want to mention it. It's the most nothingburger of nothingburgers. It's happened multiple times in the past and it'll keep happening.

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