The Second Session of the 11th National People’s Congress an-nounced in March that China’s 2009 defense budget is 480.686 billion yuan($70.7 billion),increasing by 62.482 billion yuan($9.2 billion),or 14.9 percent,o...The Second Session of the 11th National People’s Congress an-nounced in March that China’s 2009 defense budget is 480.686 billion yuan($70.7 billion),increasing by 62.482 billion yuan($9.2 billion),or 14.9 percent,over the previous year.On March 16,Beijing-based Guangming Daily published an interview with Quan Linyuan,a professor at the University of National Defense of the People’s Liberation Army and Chen Xiaojing,a doctoral candi-date there,who both shared their perspectives on the increase of China’s military expenditures.展开更多
文摘The Second Session of the 11th National People’s Congress an-nounced in March that China’s 2009 defense budget is 480.686 billion yuan($70.7 billion),increasing by 62.482 billion yuan($9.2 billion),or 14.9 percent,over the previous year.On March 16,Beijing-based Guangming Daily published an interview with Quan Linyuan,a professor at the University of National Defense of the People’s Liberation Army and Chen Xiaojing,a doctoral candi-date there,who both shared their perspectives on the increase of China’s military expenditures.
