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Despite economic woes, PLA generals lobbying for carriers, 'accessories'
The leadership under President Hu Jintao is committing more funds to military R&D even as China’s global hard power projection is becoming more assertive by the day. And while China’s economy is buffeted by problems including worsening exports, officers of the People’s Liberation Army (PLA) are aggressively lobbying for bigger budgets for sophisticated hardware.
Earlier this week, two naval destroyers set forth for the Gulf of Aden with the purpose of protecting commercial Chinese ships from pirates.
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Soldiers of Chinese navy special force at an anti-piracy drill on the deck of DDG-171 Haikou destroyer in Sanya, Hainan province on Dec. 25, enroute to the Gulf of Aden.
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As China cracks down, more North Korean defectors taking the Southeast Asia route
