摘要
Foreign Ministl7 spokeswoman Hua Chunying made these remarks at a press conference on July 3, 2o15 in response to a comment on the outline of Japan＇s defense whitepaper 2o15, which says that China＇s defense expenditure is now 41 times that of 1989.
"China maintains that national defense building should be commensurate with economic growth.The Japanese side must not forget that,as its Internal Ministry revealed,Japan’s annual military expenditure grew at a double-digit rate,topping 20percent at its highest,along with the rapid growth of its economy from 1961 to 1979.Today its per capita military spending is still five times that of China.
