China explains its 17.8% military budget hike

China Daily today published a very articulate article penned by a council member of China Arms Control and Disarmament Association Xu Guangyu explaining rationally why China's recently announced 17.8% increase in its defence budget is justified in view of its own legitimate security needs as the most populous nation in the world with a size more or less comparable to that of the United States.

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