China’s Defence Budget Relative to the USA – Commentary

This Ope-Ed in Foreign Policy adds some flavour to China’s military spending numbers, measured in PPP.

It cautions against reading too much into claims that the USA’s defense budget is bigger than the next ten countries combined and far larger than China’s dfenese buget.

This is is the result of collaboration with Wilson Beaver at the Heritage Foundation. The full article is also reproduced here by The Heritage Foundation and can be acessed without a subscription.

China’s Defense Budget Is Much Bigger Than It Looks