Read previewBeijing's military spending and threat are likely far higher than portrayed by the Pentagon, which recently reported figures that indicate China's defense budget was nearly four times smaller than America's, two US analysts said on Monday.
Peters and Beaver wrote that the Pentagon's assessment failed to account for China's military research spending.
"Confusingly, the report does not attempt to account for either of these significant considerations in its treatment of China's defense budget topline," Peters and Beaver wrote.
China's reported GDP for 2023 was around $17.8 trillion.
"We should avoid overreacting to what seems to be this more accurate data of China's military push," Stavridis wrote.
Persons:
—, Robert Peters, Wilson Beaver, Peters, Beaver, Sen, Dan Sullivan, James Stavridis, Stavridis
Organizations:
Service, Pentagon, Business, Allison Center for National Security, Heritage Foundation, The Defense Department, Beaver, Beijing's, National Atlantic Treaty Organization, Bloomberg, China's
Locations:
China, Beijing, Taiwan, United States, Alaska