New Delhi, March 5 -- With the Chinese annual defence budget crossing seven per cent for the third consecutive year even though the economy is slowing down, its political and military ramifications will be felt by its principal adversaries including India this decade. The Chinese defence budget is three times India's defence spending albeit much lower than the US military budget.
The key year to watch will be 2027 when Chinese PLA completes its 100 years of raising and it is when President Xi Jinping's focus will be on assimilating Taiwan with mainland China through military force as per US Indo-Pacific command assessment. The PLA is involved in rapid upgradation of its nuclear and conventional forces and has plans to dominate the Indo-Pac...