China says to hike defence spending by 7.2% this year
Beijing (AFP) Mar 5, 2025 China's defence spending will rise by 7.2 percent in 2025, the same as last year, Beijing said on Wednesday, as its armed forces undergo rapid modernisation and eye deepening strategic competition with the United States. The country's expenditure on its armed forces has been on the rise for decades, broadly in line with economic growth. China has the world's second-largest military budge
Beijing (AFP) Mar 5, 2025
China's defence spending will rise by 7.2 percent in 2025, the same as last year, Beijing said on Wednesday, as its armed forces undergo rapid modernisation and eye deepening strategic competition with the United States.
The country's expenditure on its armed forces has been on the rise for decades, broadly in line with economic growth.
China has the world's second-largest military budge
China's defence spending will rise by 7.2 percent in 2025, the same as last year, Beijing said on Wednesday, as its armed forces undergo rapid modernisation and eye deepening strategic competition with the United States.
The country's expenditure on its armed forces has been on the rise for decades, broadly in line with economic growth.
China has the world's second-largest military budge 
