Despite the impact of COVID-19 over the past year, many Chinese military analysts and observers believe that the country's defense budget for 2021 will continue to increase, likely at a higher growth rate than 2020, and they name China's positive economic growth, the tough military threats China is facing and China's own rightful needs to develop national defense capacity as the main reasons, Global Times reports.
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Chinese 122mm SPH, combined arms brigade, 77th Army Group, plateau area, June 28, 2020 (Picture source: eng.chinamil.com.cn- Xue Zikang) |