China Seeks Major Weapon Upgrades

China will announce its annual military spending plans in March. If the 15% increase from 2009 is sustained, the officially acknowledged spending for the People’s Liberation Army (PLA) could surpass $80 billion. But as China has never published a detailed defense budget, Western estimates of the...

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