China's defense budget to increase 14.7% in 2006

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To increase it's strength and capability "to fight a defensive war", China has increased it's defense budget by 14.7% to 283.8 billion yuan (about 35.1 billion U.S. dollars).

The Pentagon has routinely warned about China's emergence as military threat, while the country only spends 7.34 percent of the nation's budget on defense, compared with 17.8 percent for the United States.

Many defense analysts are sceptical China can rival the US military any time soon. The Chinese armed forces are poorly trained and led. China also has a long history of corruption in the military during long periods of peace. (See China - The Illusion of Military Power)

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