The Chinese government increased its military spending in 2023, infusing nearly $16 billion to bring the budget to $230 billion as the U.S. warns of a Taiwan invasion.
China's annual military budget now sits at 1.56 trillion Yuan, or $230 billion."We know as a matter of intelligence [Xi] has instructed the People’s Liberation Army to be ready by 2027 to conduct a successful invasion," Burns said on Feb. 3."Now, that does not mean that he's decided to conduct an invasion in 2027, or any other year, but it's a reminder of the seriousness of his focus and his ambition.
"Therefore, I think it’s very much in our interest as a policy matter in the United States to make clear our commitment to the status quo, to make clear we are not interested as a country in changing that status quo, that we are deeply opposed to anyone trying to change that unilaterally, especially by the use of force," the
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