China’s real military budget has quietly become almost as big as ours

May 2, 2024

The Hill

Americans are too often put at ease by the erroneous statistic that the U.S. spends “more than the next 10 countries combined” on its military.

It’s time to put a stake in the heart of this tired trope, because it is simply no longer true. A more careful examination shows Beijing’s military budget is on par with that the U.S.

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