DefenceTalkChina will increase its military budget by a slower 6.6 percent this year, the government announced Friday at the opening session of its annual National People’s Congress. The budget will be set at 1.268 trillion yuan ($178 billion) for the year — the second-biggest in the world after the United States — continuing a downward […]https://www.defencetalk.com/china-military-budget-growth-slows-to-6-6-percent-75638/