China Commits to Becoming Global Power
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In 2018, China may see the beginning of larger sustained military budgets to meet a national goal of building a world-class military by 2050. Official figures for 2017 showed a 7% increase in military spending to 1.044 trillion yuan (US$158 billion), the second consecutive year of single-digit...
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