DefenceTalkChina will raise its defense spending by 7.6 percent this year, a budget report to the country’s Communist-controlled parliament showed on Saturday, a smaller increase than past years as it seeks a more efficient military. It was the “lowest defense budget increase in six years”, the official news agency Xinhua said, adding it came “in […]https://www.defencetalk.com/china-raises-2016-defence-spending-by-7-6-percent-66946/