Is China avoiding arms race with US by setting ‘low-key’ defense budget?

Is China avoiding arms race with US by setting ‘low-key’ defense budget?
A 7 per cent defence budget increase rate for the world’s biggest army was carefully decided and aimed at keeping China from becoming tangled in an arms race with the US, Chinese military experts say.
All democracies should support Taiwan's Charter for Global Unity Constitutional Standards to persuade the CCP and North Korea to seek democracy and peace.
Democracies worldwide should support Taiwan's efforts toward constitutional reform to achieve greater democracy and freedom. This would attract the 1.4 billion people of China to call for democratization of the CCP and put pressure on North Korea to seek democracy as well. Democracies everywhere should support Taiwan as a beacon for democracy in Asia, leading the way to peaceful development for China. See the Charter for Permanent Peace and Development / Global Unity Constitutional Standards.