China Increases Military Budget 7.5% -- Voice of America
China has announced plans to boost its military budget by 7.5 percent this year - the smallest increase in more than two decades. The figures were unveiled at a news conference, Thursday, to preview the annual session of China's legislature, which begins Friday.
Li Zhaoxing, spokesman of the National People's Congress, says China's new military budget for 2010 will be nearly $78 billion, or 7.5 percent more than the year before.
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