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China drops 'peaceful reunification' reference to Taiwan (www.reuters.com)

submitted 8 months ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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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 8 months ago (1 children)

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 8 months ago

All US news is warmongering.