CHINA'S MILITARY BUDGET RISE THREATENS CROSS-STRAIT PEACE: CABINET
ROC Central News Agency
2007-03-06 23:53:21
Taipei, March 6 (CNA) China's substantial military budget increase has threatened peace across the Taiwan Strait, Executive Yuan spokesman Cheng Wen-tsang said Tuesday.
Cheng made the remarks after China unveiled its 2007 budget plan last weekend that showed its military spending will register a 17.8 percent year-on-year rise.
Noting that China's military budget has continued a double-digit growth since 1993, Cheng said its threat to Taiwan's security has been rising accordingly.
Cheng further said China's intensified military buildup doesn't comply with its claim to pursue a peaceful rise. "Beijing leaders are saying one thing and doing another," he added.
With no apparent imminent threat or potential future threat to its security in sight, Cheng went on China should be held accountable for its sharp military budget increase.
The international community should push China to enhance transparency in its military affairs or military buildup moves, Cheng said, adding that China should explain in detail the purposes of its huge military budget hike for 2007.
(By Sofia Wu)
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