摘要
China's defense budget has always been a hotly debated topic during the annual full session of the National People's Congress, the country's top legislative body. This year has been no exception, with world attention once again riveted on China's enlarged military expenditure, said to be necessary for maintaining peace and stability. Chen Hu, Executive Editor in Chief of the World Military Affairs magazine, shares his vision on China's ever-expanding defense spending and the necessity behind it with People's Daily Online. Excerpts follow:
China’s defense budget has always been a hotly debated topic during the annual full session of the National People’s Congress, the country’s top legislative body. This year has been no exception, with world attention once again riveted on China’s enlarged military expenditure, said to be necessary for maintaining peace and stability. Chen Hu, Executive Editor in Chief of the World Military Affairs magazine, shares his vision on China’s ever-expanding defense spending and the necessity behind it with People’s Daily Online. Excerpts follow:
