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© Twitter/China National Space Administration China is expected to boost its military budget this upcoming year as tensions rise between the country and the United States. The announcement of the increase is expected to happen on March 5 when parliament opens for the year, experts tell Reuters.  Ross Babbage, a non-resident fellow at the Centre for Strategic and Budgetary Assessments, told Reuters he expects China’s military budget to go up by 7 percent.  ADVERTISEMENT Although some predict more, Babbage believes the impact of the coronavirus on the country will prevent it from increasin...

By SETH ROBSON | STARS AND STRIPES Published: January 28, 2021 Stars and Stripes is making stories on the coronavirus pandemic available free of charge. See other free reports here. Sign up for our daily coronavirus newsletter here. Please support our journalism with a subscription. The United States and Australia will hold a large-scale, multinational military exercise Down Under this summer despite the challenges of the coronavirus pandemic, according to the Australian Defense Department. Dates and locations for the next installment of the biennial Talisman Sabre, which involved 34,000 ...