U.S. Questions China on Arms Buildup
By Thom Shanker | The New York Times
May 23, 2006
WASHINGTON, May 23 — China's leadership has not satisfactorily explained its military expansion and goals, even as it modernizes its forces to be able to challenge foreign armed forces operating in the region, the Defense Department said in a report released Tuesday.
"China's leaders have yet to adequately explain the purposes or desired end-states of their military expansion," according to the 2006 report, "Military Power of the People's Republic of China." "Estimates place Chinese defense expenditure at two to three times officially disclosed figures."
The 50-page report, delivered annually to Congress, is at www.defenselink.mil/pubs
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