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South China Sea: Beijing Extends its Military and Economic Reach
Al Jazeera

11 July 2020

China’s President Xi Jinping has been extending the country’s reach across the South China Sea, increasing defence spending from $143bn in 2010 to $261bn in 2019, according to data from Stockholm International Institute of Peace Research.

In a TV news programme, Al Jazeera’s Alex Gatopoulos takes a closer look at China’s naval ambitions and we talk to Collin Koh, a Research Fellow at the Institute for Defence and Strategic Studies at the S. Rajaratnam School of International Studies, about Beijing’s claim to the South China Sea.

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