China boosts its military spending by 7.2pc
• 2h China has more than 500 operational nuclear warheads in its arsenal and will probably have more than 1,000 by 2030 - VCG© Provided by The Telegraph China announced a 7.2 per cent rise in defence spending on Tuesday and pledged to strengthen its military preparedness, amid high tensions with the US and its Asian neighbours. The increase, roughly mirroring similar rises over the past nine straight years, keeps the Chinese defence budget as the second highest in the world behind the US, at…
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