Category: military spending

China’s Normalization of COVID-19 Testing Draws Wide Criticism

June 4, 2022
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Megacities in China have been setting up COVID-19 nucleic acid “sampling circles” (testing sites) within 15 minutes walking distance from anywhere in the city since the communist regime put out the requirement to normalize the testing nationwide on May 9. It has attracted wide criticism. Rights lawyers point out that it’s illegal. In Shenzhen, Xi’an, Beijing,…

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China Spent More on Mass COVID-19 Testing Than on Its Military: Research

May 28, 2022
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Recent research results from China’s financial securities firms show that the cost of the Chinese regime’s mass COVID-19 nucleic acid testing exceeded its military spending in 2021, and that it will drain China’s national medical insurance funds within three and a half years if citizens are tested every two days as required by the regime….

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Sweden to Strengthen Military Infrastructure in Baltic Sea Amid Tensions With Russia

April 29, 2022
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The Swedish government on Friday announced plans to allocate more than $160 million to further increase its military capabilities on a strategically important island in the Baltic Sea amid security threats from Russia over its likely NATO membership. Max Elger, the country’s minister for financial markets, told reporters the extra budget is to expand several…

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Proposed Biden Defense Budget Names China as ‘Primary Strategic Challenge’

March 29, 2022
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President Joe Biden’s proposed $813 billion national security spending request to Congress includes $773 billion in direct allocations for the U.S. military with significant boosts in funding designed to counter the growing military threat in the western Pacific presented by the People’s Republic of China (PRC). “This will be among the largest investments in our…

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On Communist China’s Military Budget

November 2, 2021
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Commentary China seems to spend less on military spending, compared to the United States. But Beijing manipulates the numbers to make China appear more peaceful, and its behavior suggests that Washington should still be concerned. The Heritage Foundation held an online forum last week discussing the budget of the Chinese regime. This is important because…

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Military Contractors Raked in $4.4 Trillion Since 9/11: Study

September 16, 2021
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The Pentagon has spent some $14.1 trillion over the last 20 years, at least $4.4 trillion of which has gone to military contractors, according to a new study from the Center for International Policy. The Center for International Policy released the research (pdf) in conjunction with The Costs of War Institute on Sept. 13, noting that many studies have…

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Is Taiwan on the Brink of Defeat?

September 6, 2021
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Commentary Taiwan’s Ministry of National Defense (MND) dropped a bombshell last week when it presented an incredibly downbeat assessment of the growing Chinese threat toward the island state. In its annual report to the parliament, the defense ministry stated that China’s People’s Liberation Army (PLA) could “paralyze” Taiwan’s defenses. The report, according to Reuters, stated…

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