China’s defense budget has grown 850 % in the last 20 years, from USD 20 billion to USD 170 billion in 2018, a top Pentagon official told lawmakers on Thursday, Dec. 5, the India Post reports.
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| A self-propelled howitzer attached to a brigade under the PLA 72nd Group Army fires 122mm shells at mock target during a night live-fire training exercise on October 28, 2019 (Picture source: eng.chinamil.com.cn/Photo by Zhang Wenjyu) |
