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China Increases Defence Budget By 7.2% Amid Rising Regional Tensions
China announced Tuesday it would boost its defence spending in 2024, as hostility over Taiwan and in the South China Sea grows.
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Defence Spending To Focus On "Total Blockade" By China: Taiwan Military
Taiwan's defence spending this year will focus on preparing weapons and equipment for a "total blockade" by China, including parts for F-16 fighters and replenishing weapons, the military said in a report.
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China Tells Military To Be Ready For Combat, Raises Defence Budget
The spending increase outpaces targeted economic growth of around 5%, which is slightly below last year's target as the world's second-largest economy faces domestic headwinds.
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Defence Budget Hiked 13% To Rs 5.94 Lakh Crore Amid Tensions With China
India proposed on Wednesday Rs 5.94 trillion ($72.6 billion) in defence spending for the 2023-24 financial year, 13% up from the previous period's initial estimates, aiming to add more fighter jets and roads along its tense border with China.
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Japan's Big Shift In Defence Policy In View Of China, North Korea Threats
Japan is expected to announce its biggest defence overhaul in decades this week, hiking spending, reshaping its military command and acquiring new missiles to tackle the threat from China.
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US House Passes Defence Bill Worth Billions In Taiwan Aid, China Bristles
The US House of Representatives on Thursday passed a defence spending bill that includes up to $10 billion in military grant assistance for Taiwan and seeks to expedite arms sales to the island, drawing a rebuke from Beijing.
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India's Military Spending 3rd Highest In World: Report
World military expenditure reached an all-time high of USD 2.1 trillion in 2021, the Stockholm International Peace Research Institute (SIPRI) said on Monday, adding that the top three largest spenders were the United States, China and India.
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China Enters Taiwan Air Defence Zone A Day After Military Budget Boost
Taiwan's air force scrambled on Friday to warn away 10 Chinese aircraft that entered its air defence zone, Taiwan's defence ministry said, the day after the island announced a $9 billion boost to military spending to counter the threat from China.
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China Hikes Defence Budget To USD 209 Billion, Over 3 Times That Of India
China on Friday hiked its defence budget for the first time to more than USD 200 billion, over three times higher than that of India, maintaining a single-digit growth for the sixth consecutive year with a 6.8 per cent increase in 2021.
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Rajnath Singh To Perform "Shastra Puja", Spend Dussehra Near China Border
Defence Minister Rajnath Singh will perform the "Shastra Puja" - the customary worship of weapons for the festival of Navratri - at Sikkim's Sherathang, less than 2 km from the Line of Actual Control - on Sunday and spend Dussehra with soldiers a day later, in a hugely symbolic gesture amid the standoff with China in eastern Ladakh.
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"China Is A Threat To The World, Building Military Rapidly": Donald Trump
Expressing concern over China's growing military might, US President Donald Trump has said the Communist nation is a threat to the world and blamed his predecessors for not stopping it from stealing America's intellectual property to bolster its defence capabilities.
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China To Raise Defence Spending By 7.5%, Lower Than 2018
China announced Tuesday a 7.5 percent increase in military spending in 2019, lower than last year as the country faces an economic slowdown, but still likely to make Asian neighbours nervous.
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Japan To Buy More Stealth Jets, Radar To Counter China, Russia
Japan will accelerate spending on advanced stealth fighters, long-range missiles and other equipment over the next five years to support US forces facing China's military in the Western Pacific, two new government defence papers said.
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Donald Trump Says "Space Force" To Dominate Foes, Cites China
US President Donald Trump signed an almost $750 billion defense spending bill Monday, while vowing a new "Space Force" would give America dominance over rivals in China and elsewhere.
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In Trump Rebuke, US Senate Votes to Reimpose Ban on China's ZTE
Senators added an amendment targeting ZTE into a sweeping, must-pass national defence spending bill that cleared the chamber on an 85-10 vote.
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China Increases Defence Budget By 7.2% Amid Rising Regional Tensions
China announced Tuesday it would boost its defence spending in 2024, as hostility over Taiwan and in the South China Sea grows.
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Defence Spending To Focus On "Total Blockade" By China: Taiwan Military
Taiwan's defence spending this year will focus on preparing weapons and equipment for a "total blockade" by China, including parts for F-16 fighters and replenishing weapons, the military said in a report.
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China Tells Military To Be Ready For Combat, Raises Defence Budget
The spending increase outpaces targeted economic growth of around 5%, which is slightly below last year's target as the world's second-largest economy faces domestic headwinds.
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Defence Budget Hiked 13% To Rs 5.94 Lakh Crore Amid Tensions With China
India proposed on Wednesday Rs 5.94 trillion ($72.6 billion) in defence spending for the 2023-24 financial year, 13% up from the previous period's initial estimates, aiming to add more fighter jets and roads along its tense border with China.
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Japan's Big Shift In Defence Policy In View Of China, North Korea Threats
Japan is expected to announce its biggest defence overhaul in decades this week, hiking spending, reshaping its military command and acquiring new missiles to tackle the threat from China.
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US House Passes Defence Bill Worth Billions In Taiwan Aid, China Bristles
The US House of Representatives on Thursday passed a defence spending bill that includes up to $10 billion in military grant assistance for Taiwan and seeks to expedite arms sales to the island, drawing a rebuke from Beijing.
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India's Military Spending 3rd Highest In World: Report
World military expenditure reached an all-time high of USD 2.1 trillion in 2021, the Stockholm International Peace Research Institute (SIPRI) said on Monday, adding that the top three largest spenders were the United States, China and India.
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China Enters Taiwan Air Defence Zone A Day After Military Budget Boost
Taiwan's air force scrambled on Friday to warn away 10 Chinese aircraft that entered its air defence zone, Taiwan's defence ministry said, the day after the island announced a $9 billion boost to military spending to counter the threat from China.
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China Hikes Defence Budget To USD 209 Billion, Over 3 Times That Of India
China on Friday hiked its defence budget for the first time to more than USD 200 billion, over three times higher than that of India, maintaining a single-digit growth for the sixth consecutive year with a 6.8 per cent increase in 2021.
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Rajnath Singh To Perform "Shastra Puja", Spend Dussehra Near China Border
Defence Minister Rajnath Singh will perform the "Shastra Puja" - the customary worship of weapons for the festival of Navratri - at Sikkim's Sherathang, less than 2 km from the Line of Actual Control - on Sunday and spend Dussehra with soldiers a day later, in a hugely symbolic gesture amid the standoff with China in eastern Ladakh.
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"China Is A Threat To The World, Building Military Rapidly": Donald Trump
Expressing concern over China's growing military might, US President Donald Trump has said the Communist nation is a threat to the world and blamed his predecessors for not stopping it from stealing America's intellectual property to bolster its defence capabilities.
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China To Raise Defence Spending By 7.5%, Lower Than 2018
China announced Tuesday a 7.5 percent increase in military spending in 2019, lower than last year as the country faces an economic slowdown, but still likely to make Asian neighbours nervous.
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Japan To Buy More Stealth Jets, Radar To Counter China, Russia
Japan will accelerate spending on advanced stealth fighters, long-range missiles and other equipment over the next five years to support US forces facing China's military in the Western Pacific, two new government defence papers said.
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Donald Trump Says "Space Force" To Dominate Foes, Cites China
US President Donald Trump signed an almost $750 billion defense spending bill Monday, while vowing a new "Space Force" would give America dominance over rivals in China and elsewhere.
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In Trump Rebuke, US Senate Votes to Reimpose Ban on China's ZTE
Senators added an amendment targeting ZTE into a sweeping, must-pass national defence spending bill that cleared the chamber on an 85-10 vote.
