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Washington Post: China plans rise in military spending
China Plans Rise In Military Spending
By Edward Cody
(The Washington Post)
BEIJING, March 4 -- China announced Sunday that it will increase military spending at a sharply higher rate this year, budgeting a rise of nearly 18 percent, and a senior U.S. official immediately called for clarity on the planned expenditures.
Deputy Secretary of State John D. Negroponte said at a news conference at the end of his maiden visit to Beijing in his new post that the Bush administration is dissatisfied with China's unwillingness to share such information. "We think it's important in our dialogue that we understand what China's plans and intentions are," he said.
The government's military budget announcement and Negroponte's swift appeal for more transparency highlighted a particularly uneasy point in what has become a broad, close and increasingly important U.S.-China relationship.
Negroponte has been assigned the lead role in managing that relationship, a mission he emphasized by calling on Chinese officials so soon after his Feb. 13 swearing-in. Apparently by coincidence, the Chinese government chose the same moment to announce that its declared military expenditures for 2007 will amount to $44.94 billion, an increase of 17.8 percent.
According to Pentagon estimates, that declared total represents about a third of actual military spending if equipment purchases are taken into account. But even that would amount to only a fraction of the U.S. military budget, which is proposed to rise to about $623 billion for fiscal 2008.
China has been steadily increasing military expenditures for more than a decade, seeking to recover from a long lag compared with other major powers. But the figure for 2007 drew attention because it represents the biggest jump in several years.
In reaction to the spending climb and resulting improvements in China's forces, the United States has regularly urged China to open its ultra-secretive military to more scrutiny and share its strategic outlook with Washington to avoid misunderstandings in the region. The outgoing U.S. Pacific Command chief, Adm. William J. Fallon, was particularly active in seeking to organize more contacts between the two military hierarchies.
Negroponte said he, too, will push for closer connections. "It's not so much the budget and the increases as it is understanding these things through dialogue and contacts," he said.
A spokesman for the National People's Congress, which is set to open its annual session Monday, said military expenditures were rising to cover the cost of better training and higher salaries in the 2.3 million-member People's Liberation Army and benefits for about 200,000 soldiers shed from the ranks over the past several years. Reducing the lower ranks and improving technological training for remaining troops have been major parts of the country's long-range military improvement program.
The spokesman, Jiang Enzhu, said China's military expenditures do not represent a threat to other countries because President Hu Jintao's government has vowed to use the military only in "defensive operations." He added that "China is committed to following the path of peaceful development, and it has adopted a defensive posture."
But the official New China News Agency quoted the head of the military's General Logistics Department, Liao Xilong, as saying that the extra money would also go toward improving China's ability to wage high-tech warfare, to defend its information systems against jamming and to coordinate among land, air and sea forces.
"The present-day world is none too peaceful," he said, according to the news agency. "To protect national security and territorial integrity, we must adequately increase spending on military modernization."
Underlying China's determination to build a more modern military -- and behind the U.S. call for transparency -- is the risk of conflict over Taiwan, which sits 100 miles off the mainland.
The island has been self-ruled since Nationalist forces fled there in 1949 as Mao Zedong's Communist troops took power. But in Beijing's eyes it remains a Chinese province that must at some point return to the fold. The government here has vowed to use force as a last resort if Taiwan moves decisively toward formal independence.
Negroponte said Chinese officials raised with him the Bush administration's recent decision to sell Taiwan about 400 missiles, contending that the $421 million deal violated U.S. commitments to a one-China policy.
2007-3-5 09:51 AM
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Military spending is the source of all things good...
America has improved the lifestyles of its people with the marvelous advances in technology that come from military research, and military spending. We even have a cable television program called "Tactical to Practical" about all the great things that started out as military goods. It's no surprise that China wants to leap ahead through military spending.
http://boards.historychannel.com/forum.jspa?forumID=1179
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2007-3-5 10:25 AM
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China should spend more for military modernization
If Washington spends US$500 billion for its military, China should spend many times more than its current military budget, otherwise China's military spending is far too much disproportionate with US spending. Why not? On a per capita basis, US military spending is 77 times more than China. This difference is ridiculously huge.
China should also consider selling more weapons to other nations, catching up with the US as the world's number 1 arms merchant. Some of the nations could use ground-to-air missiles in mass quantities, and such demand is a good market for China. Why not?
With the earnings from arms sales and a higher percentage of China's GDP for the military, China would be able to afford more submarines, destroyers, and, ah, a few new aircraft carriers. That would be good to help China keep the peace in Asia.
2007-3-5 11:31 AM
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sure
increasing spending into military research could at the same time lead to breakthroughs in civilian hi-tech fields too. as civilian & military products are not technologicially exclusive.
2007-3-11 09:43 PM
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War is so cool.
Here's a summary of "Tactical to Practical" and why military spending is much more important than civilian research and develoment. War is so cool, and when young people join the military they get to use technology that is far more advanced than even the computers owned by the richest kids in high school.
Here's a show with an intriguing premise: The History Channel's "Tactical to Practical" examines how military technology makes its way from the battlefield to the streets of suburbia.
As it turns out, some of the coolest consumer technology around today developed in the defense department's incubator. While militaries around the world are best known for creating weapons, they have also churned out many inventions with entirely peaceful applications.
In the next section, we'll look at a few examples from the show.
Show Basics
When you think about it, it makes a lot of sense that the military is such a prolific inventor. The stakes are so high, it pretty much has to be. Corporations may stay in the product development race to make a buck, but the military stays in it to save lives. On the battlefield, you must have better technology than the other guy, or you'll probably lose.
Major world powers can't let that happen, so they spare no expense pushing the tech envelope. The result is a lot of amazing weapons -- stealth bombers, bunker busters, M1 tanks -- but also a lot of stuff with more universal appeal.
For example, in the premiere episode, "Tactical to Practical" looks at:
The Global Positioning System (GPS): Years before you could use a GPS receiver to find the nearest pizza place, the U.S. military was using them to redefine modern warfare. GPS made it much easier for the U.S. military to exactly pinpoint nearly everything happening on the battlefield, giving U.S. forces a giant advantage over any opposition. "Tactical to Practical" tracks the history of the system, from its developmental stages in the 1970s, examines some creative modern applications (including the adventure sport "geo-dashing"), and takes a look at the future of the technology.
The Humvee: Since the 1970s, the tough and versatile Humvee has been a key military vehicle -- a powerful but agile workhorse. Then in the '90s, it broke through as the high-status SUV. "Tactical and Practical" takes the Humvee out for a hard-core test drive, and looks at one possible Humvee offshoot, the high-tech "SmarTruck" urban combat SUV.
Night Vision: You can get it in a $600 camcorder today, but not too long ago, night vision was one of the fanciest tricks up the U.S. military's sleeve. "Tactical to Practical" explains how the technology took its first wobbly steps in World War II, made its frontline debut in Vietnam, and played a pivotal role in both Iraqi wars. The show considers night vision's considerable contribution to law enforcement, border patrol and wildlife research.
In each hour-long episode, host Hunter Ellis will explain three different pieces of technology, using interviews, animation, historical footage and on-location demonstrations. Viewers can expect a good bit of action on the show too. As a former Navy fighter pilot and "Survivor" contestant, Ellis will try just about anything once.
"Tactical to Practical" debuts Tuesday, September 9th at 9:00 p.m. ET/PT, with new episodes airing on The History Channel every Tuesday at 9:00 p.m. ET/PT.
http://www.howstuffworks.com/tactical-to-practical.htm
2007-3-11 11:37 PM
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2007-5-21 11:35 AM
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2007-5-21 11:56 AM
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thank you for this:
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On a per capita basis, US military spending is 77 times more than China.
that's the one they always try to hide, and is not mentioned in their official documents or in their media, analysis etc.
they're practising double standards.
2007-5-21 12:12 PM
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