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Blair Says Defence Spending Boost Necessary Given China’s ‘Deeply Concerning’ Military Buildup

Blair Says Defence Spending Boost Necessary Given China’s ‘Deeply Concerning’ Military Buildup
Chinese People’s Liberation Army soldiers assemble during military training at the Pamir Mountains in Kashgar in northwestern China’s Xinjiang region, in a photo taken on Jan. 4, 2021. STR/AFP via Getty Images
Andrew Chen
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Defence Minister Bill Blair cites China’s growing military as a key reason for increasing Canada’s defence spending.

“Our adversaries are rapidly building up their militaries. China is actually going through the largest military buildup of any nation in the world since the Second World War, and it is deeply concerning,” Blair said on Nov. 22.
Andrew Chen
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Andrew Chen is a news reporter with the Canadian edition of The Epoch Times.