{"id":2535,"date":"2021-03-06T06:30:12","date_gmt":"2021-03-06T06:30:12","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/?p=2535"},"modified":"2021-03-06T06:30:12","modified_gmt":"2021-03-06T06:30:12","slug":"chinas-6-8-per-cent-rise-in-military-spending-expected-to-stoke-unease-in-region","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/?p=2535","title":{"rendered":"China\u2019s 6.8 per cent rise in military spending expected to stoke unease in region"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Source: South China Morning PostThe gap between China\u2019s military and its regional counterparts is widening, with Beijing announcing a 6.8 per cent rise in defence spending on Friday that observers say will stoke concerns among its neighbours.While the budget increase is just 0.2 of a percentage point more than last year\u2019s growth, it is the biggest expansion in military spending in Asia.The finance ministry said funding for the military would reach 1.355 trillion yuan (US$209 billion) in 2021, while Premier Li Keqiang told the\u2026<a href=\"https:\/\/www.scmp.com\/news\/china\/military\/article\/3124320\/chinas-68-cent-rise-military-spending-expected-stoke-unease\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Read More<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Source: South China Morning PostThe gap between China\u2019s military and its regional counterparts is widening, with Beijing announcing a 6.8 per cent rise in defence spending on Friday that observers&hellip; <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":0,"featured_media":2536,"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\/2535"}],"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=2535"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2535\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/2536"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=2535"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=2535"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=2535"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}