La Chine augmente son budget militaire de 7,2 % pour la 2e année.
Le budget militaire de la Chine va augmenter de 7,2 % en 2024, un chiffre équivalent à celui de 2023.
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00:00 China's military budget will increase by 7.2% in 2024, an equivalent figure to that of 2023.
00:06 In proportion to the GDP, Beijing spends twice as much as the United States in this area.
00:12 China announced on Tuesday, March 5, a military budget increase of 7.2% for 2024, in a context
00:19 of corruption in the army and persistent tensions around Taiwan and at the sea of southern
00:22 China.
00:23 Identical to that of 2023, this rate was confirmed by the Ministry of Finance during the annual
00:29 meeting of the Chinese Parliament.
00:30 China plans to spend 1,665.5 billion yuan ($231.4 billion) for its defense, which is
00:39 more than three times lower than the United States budget in this area.
00:42 The Asian giant maintains a reasonable growth of its military budget to safeguard its sovereignty,
00:48 security and development interests, as justified by Lu Kejian, spokesman for the parliamentary
00:54 session on Monday.
00:55 The sum allocated to Chinese defense has increased for several decades, globally at the level
01:00 of economic growth.
01:01 The country devotes 1.6% of its GDP to its army, much less than the United States (3.5%)
01:09 or Russia (4.1%), according to the International Institute for Peace Research in Stockholm,
01:15 Cyprus.
01:16 The Chinese military output is however seen with suspicion by the United States, Japan
01:20 or the Philippines, countries with which China is disputing the control of Iloh in the South
01:24 China Sea.
01:25 It also arouses fears in Taiwan, island of 23 million inhabitants that China hopes to
01:30 reunify with its territory, or even in India, with which snails sometimes burst along the
01:35 border contested between the two countries in the Himalayas.
01:38 For its part, China is concerned about military alliances forged by its regional rivals with
01:43 the United States or NATO, which now present it as a challenge for the interests of its
01:48 members.
01:49 Numerous nuclear heads in the works. NATO chief Jens Stoltenberg said in January that China is getting closer to us because we see it in Africa, we see it in the Arctic, we see it trying to control critical infrastructures.