China's 2022 Defense Budget: Behind the Numbers

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Editorial

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China's 2022 Defense Budget: Behind the Numbers

Abstract

An increase in Beijing’s defense budget raises red flags for China’s neighbors and the U.S. given the growing tensions over Taiwan, the South China Sea, the East China Sea, and the Sino-Indian border dispute in the Himalayas. However, in Chinese eyes, as Beijing-based military expert Wei Dongxu argues, the budget is “proper and reasonable”

Publication Date

Spring 4-29-2022

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