{"id":147499,"date":"2026-03-09T00:00:16","date_gmt":"2026-03-09T00:00:16","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/?p=147499"},"modified":"2026-03-09T00:00:16","modified_gmt":"2026-03-09T00:00:16","slug":"why-have-chinas-arms-imports-plummeted-by-72-over-the-past-5-years","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/?p=147499","title":{"rendered":"Why have China\u2019s arms imports plummeted by 72% over the past 5 years?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Source: China &#8211; South China Morning PostBeijing\u2019s arms imports have nose-dived by nearly three-quarters over the past five years, as it has replaced overseas weapons purchases with domestic technology, according to a Swedish think tank report.<br \/>\nHowever, other countries in the region have increased in their overseas weapons purchases amid \u201cfears over China\u2019s intentions\u201d.<br \/>\nA report by the Stockholm International Peace Research Institute (SIPRI) released on Monday said countries in Asia and Oceania imported 31 per cent of the world\u2019s arms&#8230;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.scmp.com\/news\/china\/military\/article\/3345868\/why-have-chinas-arms-imports-plummeted-72-over-past-5-years?utm_source=rss_feed\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"feedzy-rss-link-icon\" rel=\"noopener\">Read More<\/a><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Source: China &#8211; South China Morning PostBeijing\u2019s arms imports have nose-dived by nearly three-quarters over the past five years, as it has replaced overseas weapons purchases with domestic technology, according&hellip; <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":0,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[3],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/147499"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=147499"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/147499\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=147499"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=147499"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=147499"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}