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Saturday, May 14, 2011

China's military modernization

Jin-class SSBNThe People's Liberation Army Chief of General Staff Chen Bingde arrives in Washington D.C. on Sunday for a week-long trip to the United States, the highest level visit there by a Chinese uniformed military commander since 2009.

China's ambitious military modernization program and growing defense spending has caused alarm around the region and in Washington.

Beijing in March said it would boost defense spending by 12.7 percent in 2011, for a total of 601.1 billion yuan ($92.5 billion) marking a return to double-digit growth.

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