China’s defence budget to grow 14.9 percent in 2009
By IANSWednesday, March 4, 2009
BEIJING - China plans to increase its defence budget by 14.9 percent in 2009, a parliament spokesman said here Wednesday.
The planned defence budget is 480.686 billion yuan ($70 billion), Li Zhaoxing, spokesman for the annual session of the National People’s Congress (NPC), told a press conference.
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