Uganda, March 20 -- China's decisions to make a significant increase in its defence spending this year as well and drop the mention of "peaceful unification" of Taiwan are set to increase uneasiness in the South China Sea region. The neighbouring countries are likely to respond by continuing to allocate more to military expenditure to counter Chinese aggression. This is going to make the region unstable further.

China's defence spending has more than doubled in the past ten years of Xi Jinping's rule. During the same period, the region saw escalated military conflict. China has earmarked USD231 billion this year, which makes a straight increase for consecutive nine years. Modernisation of the People's Liberation Army is on the agenda.

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