China is defending its booming military spending, saying its vast investments in the armed forces have contributed to global peace and stability.
Chinese defence spending has grown substantially each year for more than two decades, and last year rose 11.2 per cent to 670.2 billion yuan ($106.4 billion), an increase of about 67 billion yuan.
Only the United States spends more on defence.
Fu said China maintained a strictly defensive military posture and cited U.N. peacekeeping missions and anti-piracy patrols in the Gulf of Aden as examples of Beijing’s contribution to world peace and stability.
“As such a big country, China’s inability to ensure its own security would not be good news for the world,” Fu said. “Our strengthening of our defence is to defend ourselves, to defend security and peace, and not to threaten other countries.”
Keywords: defensive military posture, U.N. peacekeeping missions, anti-piracy patrols, China's military spending, Chinese defence
It could be right that the Chinese are maintaining a defense rather than an offensive strategy
but what are they defending is the point of dispute. Their claim of land from all countries
surrounding them is the bone of contention. What they think is theirs is also presently
belongs to some other country. They are defending what they think is rightfully theirs through
the barrel of their guns. This is invasion Chinese style. Every country needs to be vary of
their intentions. They are like the nouveau riche who will use their military to meet their
objectives and even surpass their expectations. The US has once again fed a demon to grow
which will come back to haunt it.
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