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Dan Coats: “It appears to be the latter. While China is modernizing its military, is increasing its spending, most of it appears to…”

On the recordMarch 5, 2018
It appears to be the latter. While China is modernizing its military, is increasing its spending, most of it appears to be done for a deterrence purpose rather than aggressive purpose.
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Dan Coats
Republican · Indiana

Editor's note · Context

Coats assesses China's military modernization as primarily defensive, not aggressive.

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