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China Increases Military Budget By 12.2 Percent
ResumeChina announced today that it would increase its military budget for 2014 to almost $132 billion, a 12.2 percent rise over last year.
The rapid growth in defense spending is another sign of the country’s goal of becoming a dominant military presence in the Pacific.
NPR's Anthony Kuhn joins Here & Now's Jeremy Hobson to discuss the regional and global concerns surrounding China’s growing military assertiveness and what this growth might mean for China's response to the Ukraine crisis.
Guest
- Anthony Kuhn, foreign correspondent for NPR. He tweets @afkuhn.
This segment aired on March 5, 2014.