If Trump is serious about a 50% uplift in DoW budget for next year, and Japan is increasing its budget as well, then surely PLA will get a big increase too??
China's Defense Spending Thread
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How much PLA gets to spend next year and how much China's National Defense budget will be are two very different things. Announcing a larger percentage of total spending weakens China's international image as it will be seen rightfully so as being reactive and also conveys the wrong message to the domestic audience as the economy is still under stress. I would expect something like last year or slightly lower share. Being seen as a sanctuary above all the chaos US created is very beneficial for soft power projection. The rest is what accountants and lawyers are for.
Are you kidding me? You worry about your image when your neighbour who made it clear wants to destroy you just increased his arms budget 50%?
Suddenly increasing the budget of any large institution in any country by 50% is likely to produce a staggering amount of inflation, fraud, and corruption. Then factor in the state of US military-industrial complex under Trump. Reality is not a videogame, and money is not magic.
The optimal approach for modernization is consistent funding which rises a little every year. Surprise surprise, whose budgets look like that?
Instead of increasing budget by 50 percent, why not increase weapon production by that much.
You are being very silly. 1. You actually believe Trump's words. 2. Both are nuclear powers so direct confrontation is very unlikely. Best to follow one's own steady and predictable course. Insecure people react to other people's rantings.
Advice from an American……
FriedRiceNSpice
Major
Given war is unlikely in the short to medium term, especially considering recent events, R&D spending and education spending should be prioritized over defense spending. Continuing to stay the course of 6-8% annual increases in defense budget is sufficient.
No US passport. Just common sense from an adult. Little children think money grow on trees and the US actions are all recent. Adults can remember all the sanctions and military actions in Taiwan Strait in the 1990's. Little children read some current news and over-reacts.
FriedRiceNSpice
Major
The most important national projects currently are digital RMB, dual circulation, common prosperity- not naval/air force expansion. The current struggle is not competition between nation states but an existential struggle between systems. Military confrontation is only only one surface through which two systems can come into conflict, and does not appear to be the primary threat facing the Chinese system.