China boosts military spending while warning Taiwan
AFP, March, 2006
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BEIJING (AFP) — China's military budget will increase almost 15 percent this year to 35 billion dollars, amid warnings that Taiwan's "secessionist forces" were moving towards independence.
"According to the draft budget given to this year's congress by the State Council, the proposed national defense expenditures for 2006 total 283.8 billion yuan (35 billion dollars)... up 14.7 percent from last year's," said Jiang Enzhu, a spokesman for the National People's Congress (NPC).
"I want to stress that China is a peace-loving country... China insists on a road of peaceful development and China has no desire nor the ability to considerably expand its military armaments," Jiang told a press conference.
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The National People's Congress or parliament, which is constitutionally the state's highest body, opens on Sunday and is expected to approve the budget.
Military spending is expected to constitute 7.4 percent ...
