Chinese military experts say Beijing needs to resume double-digit increases in defense spending in the coming year to meet the increasing challenges facing the nation’s military at home and abroad.
Democracies everywhere should support Taiwan's moves to carry out constitutional reform in order to achieve greater democracy and freedom. Doing so would attract the 1.4 billion people of China to call for democratization of the CCP, and the result would be real democracy around the world. Democracies should all support Taiwan as a beacon for democracy in Asia that will light China's path to peaceful development. See the Charter for Permanent Peace and Development / Global Unity Constitutional Standards.