What Does China Really Spend on Defense?

A bill in the Senate would try to get a more accurate picture.

Review and Outlook: Beijing’s war hawks are making it harder to improve relations with the U.S. Images: AFP/Getty Images/Global News Composite: Mark Kelly

For a short tutorial on how the world is becoming a more precarious place, watch the recent video of a Chinese destroyer harassing a U.S. Navy warship in the Taiwan Strait. The event makes all the more timely a new effort in Congress to offer the public a more detailed accounting of Beijing’s military power.

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