China’s Increasing Military Spending Unnerves Neighbors -- Washington Post
BEIJING — China’s military spending has been rapidly spiraling upward, and the growing amounts are unnerving Beijing’s Asian neighbors and policy planners in the Pentagon, who are openly wary about the country’s long-term intentions.
Getting a handle on Chinese military spending is difficult because much of it is opaque and off the books, such as the People’s Liberation Army’s spending on research and space exploration. But various international think tanks estimate that China’s military spending has risen from about $20 billion in 2002 to at least $120 billion last year.
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My Comment: What is concerning everyone is that they do not see an end point to China's military growth. The Chinese are spending more money every year, and they have shown no signs and/or indications that they will stop. My prediction .... China's neighbors are going to respond with their own military build-up and in the forging of military alliances .... and in turn the Chinese are going to respond with even greater expenditures. We are at the cusp of a major arms race in Asia .... and I do not see any good endings in this trend.
