China Now 2nd-Largest Weapons Producer in World: Arms Watchdog
The "Yi Long" drone by China Aviation Industry Corporation (AVIC) is displayed during the 9th China International Aviation and Aerospace Exhibition in Zhuhai on Nov. 13, 2012. Phillippe Lopeza/AFP via Getty Images
China has come straight in at No. 2 in the arms producer charts, ahead of Russia, but trailing behind the United States at No. 1.
The report by a Swedish arms watchdog pulled together estimates of sales from China’s arms industry–obscured by secrecy and data-massaging–and compared them with their international rankings.
Simon Veazey
Freelance Reporter
Simon Veazey is a UK-based journalist who has reported for The Epoch Times since 2006 on various beats, from in-depth coverage of British and European politics to web-based writing on breaking news.
