China eyes high-tech military, says US undermines global stability.
China outlined plans to build a modern, high-tech army in a national defence plan published Wednesday, as it accused Washington of undermining global strategic stability and warned against Taiwanese independence.
The US"has provoked and intensified competition among major countries, significantly increased its defence expenditure, pushed for additional capacity in nuclear, outer space, cyber and missile defence, and undermined global strategic stability". China's defence spending is second only to the United States, and it said earlier this year it planned to raise it by 7.5 percent in 2019, though the increase in expenditure has slowed as the economy has cooled in recent years.
"The PLA still lags behind the US military in most indicators of technological superiority, but is closing the gap fast," Morris said.Despite the ambitious plans, the white paper insists the two-million-strong Chinese army is a"staunch force for world peace". In Xinjiang -- where China is accused of rounding up one million mostly Muslim Uighurs in internment camps -- the People's Armed Police Force has assisted"in taking out 1,588 violent terrorist gangs and capturing 12,995 terrorists" since 2014.
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