A growing number of Chinese and foreign economists are also questioning the reported size of the Chinese economy because of Chinese attempts at deception to hide the true impact of covid19 on China. One was the economic damage done by all the covid shutdowns since 2022. The Chinese government ignored these bad accounting practices until it became impossible to do so when their hereto constantly growing (allegedly) economy stopped doing so due to this and a variety of other problems. While defense spending was considered patriotic, other forms of inaccurate financial reporting were not. Accurate government spending information is notoriously difficult to come by in China, but it was known that military spending had gone up more than the official data indicated. It was previously believed that annual Chinese defense spending was about $250 billion. intelligence community came to believe that actual Chinese annual defense spending was about $700 billion. While studying China’ military modernization, the U.S. China is not just worried about Taiwanese resistance but also about the capabilities of Chinese forces.Ĭhina has spent trillions of dollars over the last decade to upgrade its military to the point that it was superior to Russia’s. In Taiwan, the reaction to Ukraine increased popular support for resisting a Chinese invasion as stubbornly as the Ukrainians did in their homeland. China sees no point in Russia continuing to fight the Ukrainians, who have superior troops, weapons and leadership. South Korea would have liked to see their weapons get some combat experience, but that would have angered nearby Russia.Ĭhina wants an end to the fighting in Ukraine, even if it means Russia having less than nothing to show for their military efforts in Ukraine. Poland compiled and sent all its older Russia designed gear to Ukraine, where the Ukrainians appreciated it and were familiar with it. The sale was contingent on those South Korea weapons not being used in Ukraine. This included a thousand K2 (an improved M1) tanks and a more flexible version of the American HIMARS system. Russia resists that suggestion and continues to believe its own defense industries can develop and deliver what it needs.Īnother ominous side effect of the Ukraine War was the more than $10 billion NATO member Poland, and Ukraine neighbor, spent on modern South Korea weapons. The Chinese believe Russia must upgrade its military equipment and do it with superior Western or Chinese tech. The Chinese generals expected that and have been steadily replacing Russian tech with Western versions. Russian weapons had a similar experience, but with far more failures than successes. Western nations supplied the Ukrainians with a lot of very effective and some ineffective ones that will have to be upgraded. Russia was considered a major military ally of China but its sorry performance in the Ukraine has demonstrated that Russian military capabilities were much overrated. This included obtaining Russian and Western military tech from Ukraine. Since the 1990s, China has had a growing trade relationship with Ukraine. This was unexpected, as was the effectiveness of the Ukrainian forces opposing the Russians. Chinese generals were surprised that Russia invaded Ukraine. Chinese military leaders are observing the War in Ukraine with great interest and anxiety.
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