{"id":25792,"date":"2011-07-11T06:05:09","date_gmt":"2011-07-11T10:05:09","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/valorguardians.com\/blog\/?p=25792"},"modified":"2011-07-11T06:05:09","modified_gmt":"2011-07-11T10:05:09","slug":"china-complains-that-us-is-spending-too-much-on-military","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/?p=25792","title":{"rendered":"China complains that US is spending too much on military"},"content":{"rendered":"

The Associated Press<\/a> reports that Chen Bingd, Chinese chief of the General Staff of the People’s Liberation Army, told Admiral Mullen, his opposite number in the US that for the sake of the US taxpayers, the US should cut military spending;<\/p>\n

“I know the U.S. is still recovering from the financial crisis,” Chen said. “Under such circumstances, it is still spending a lot of money on its military and isn’t that placing too much pressure on the taxpayers?”<\/p>\n

“If the U.S. could reduce its military spending a bit and spend more on improving the livelihood of the American people … wouldn’t that be a better scenario?” he said.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

It sounds a little bit like he’s running for office in a certain district in California doesn’t it? I wonder if the fact that their own policy is echoed by our most dangerous enemy will have any effect on defense cut proposals coming from Congress.<\/p>\n

China’s military budget of $95 billion this year is the world’s second-highest after Washington’s planned $650 billion in defense spending.<\/p>\n

Chen said China remains more than two decades behind the U.S. in terms of military technology and Beijing still needs to upgrade by adding new hardware such as aircraft carriers.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Well, if Congress wants to afford China an opportunity to catch up, they’re on the right track.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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