Japan calls China a military threat
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Foreign Minister Taro Aso - who has already angered China in recent months with a series of critical comments - questioned China's rapid military spending increases and its lack of transparency.
"It's not clear what China is using the money for. This creates a sense of threat for surrounding countries," he said on a Fuji TV Network talk show, in an unusually clear expression of Japanese government unease.
China has announced double-digit spending increases for its 2.5-million-member military nearly every year since the early 1990s.
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Foreign Minister Taro Aso - who has already angered China in recent months with a series of critical comments - questioned China's rapid military spending increases and its lack of transparency.
"It's not clear what China is using the money for. This creates a sense of threat for surrounding countries," he said on a Fuji TV Network talk show, in an unusually clear expression of Japanese government unease.
China has announced double-digit spending increases for its 2.5-million-member military nearly every year since the early 1990s.
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