HC Deb 12 July 1994 vol 246 c532W
Dr. John Cunningham

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence what assessment he has made of arms spending by China.

Mr. Aitken

China's official defence budget for 1994 is 54.4 billion yuan—about US$6 billion—although there is also a considerable amount of military-related expenditure which does not fall to the Chinese defence budget.

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