China Increases Defense Budget, Premier Orders Military to Prepare for War
China will increase its military budget to 1.35 trillion yuan (about $207.8 billion) in 2021, which is 6.8 percent higher than 2020, Chinese state-run media reported on March 6. One expert told The Epoch Times that the Chinese Communist Party (CCP)’s top priority is to strengthen its military.
During the ruling party’s most important annual meeting, known as the “two sessions,” on March 5, Premier Li Keqiang said, “[We should] comprehensively strengthen the military exercises and fully prepare for war.”
“Building a strong military is one of [Chinese leader] Xi Jinping’s top tasks. His slogan is building a ‘strong China,’” U.S.-based China affairs commentator Tang Jingyuan told The Epoch Times on March 7. “I think Xi will take aggressive actions after he can take another tenure [in 2022].”
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âReport on PLA Casualties to Reveal Truth to Publicâ: China Says India Distorted Galwan Details
The Chinese defence spokesperson said, Indian has repeatedly hyped up casualties, distorted the truth, misled international public opinion, and slandered Chinese border troops.
Indian and Chinese troops and tanks disengage from the banks of Pangong lake area in Eastern Ladakh where they had been deployed opposite each other for almost ten months now. Photo: PTI/Indian Army handout
New Delhi: Chinese defence and foreign ministry spokespersons said Beijing was compelled to come out with information on the heroic deeds of five PLA soldiers in combat with India at the Galwan Valley because it was necessary for the truth to come out, indicating heavily that India had twisted the narrative.