A member of People's Liberation Army honour guard holds a Chinese national flag during an open day of Stonecutters Island naval base, in Hong Kong June 30, 2019. — Reuters pic
“We can with confidence say that China is the second largest arms producer in the world, behind the US and ahead of Russia,” Nan Tian, co-author of the report, told AFP. This still represents a dramatic shift over the last 10 years as China in the past was a big importer of weapons from Russia and Ukraine.Chinese arms companies are also much more specialised than their international counterparts.
eddydaud Of course I heard this morning the most astounding conspiracy theory, that the Coronavirus and even SARS were chemical/biological weapons developed by the PLA that were leaked out by mistake. Sometimes its just Mother Nature exacting revenge people! 😝