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Japan and China can push the island row over the horizon
October 8, 2012
by Steve Tsang Tensions between China and Japan over a group of uninhabited islands in the East China Sea have eased somewhat in recent days, after a series of naval manoeuvres and violent protests in both countries. But this long-running emotional dispute over the islands, known as Senkaku in Japan and Diaoyu in China, is …
Making sense of China’s 11% increase in defence budget
March 6, 2012
By Steve Tsang. Should we be alarmed at China’s 11% increase in its defence budget this year? It is a significant increase, particularly since the defence budget, at US$106 billion, does not cover all expenditures in military modernization and upgrading. To put China’s planned increase in defence spending in context we need to compare it …
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