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Published on: 10. March 2024

Fear of Beijing: China's neighbors buy more and more weapons

epa10568005 Artillery weapons of the Eastern Theater Command of the Chinese People's Liberation Army (PLA) during the combat readiness patrol and military exercises around the Taiwan Island, 09 April 2023 (issued 11 April 2023). The Eastern Theater Command of the PLA conducted three days of military drills around the Taiwan Strait from 08 to 10 April. China launched the military exercises in response to the meeting in the United States between Taiwan's President Tsai Ing-wen and US House Speaker Kevin McCarthy on 05 April. EPA-EFE/XINHUA / Li Zhenjie CHINA OUT / MANDATORY CREDIT EDITORIAL USE ONLY

Asia and Oceania are the new capitals of military build-up. No other region in the world has recently sold more weapons, according to a new report by the renowned Stockholm International Peace Research Institute.

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Michael Radunski

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Last updated: 24. July 2025

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