China refuted the annual military balance report of a British think tank saying China lacks transparency in its growing military spending, urging them to view the country's development in an objective, just and rational way.
"China's military expenditure in 2014 accounted for less than 1.5% of GDP, which is not only well below major countries in the world, but also less than the world average of 2.6%," Chinese foreign ministry spokesperson Hua Chunying said Thursday.
"Our per capita military spending is even less, 5% of that of that of the United States, 11% of that of the UK and 20% of Japan's," she told a daily press briefing.
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