#51 Helena Legarda: China’s PLA looks set to step up global activities

MERICS China Podcast

English - March 08, 2018 00:00 - 12 minutes - 8.31 MB - ★★★★★ - 2 ratings
News china europe economy politics society digital investment geopolitics security chinese Homepage Download Apple Podcasts Google Podcasts Overcast Castro Pocket Casts RSS feed

Previous Episode: #50 Gerda Wielander: Can the China Dream make people happy?

Next Episode: #52 China Dispute: Pekings wachsender Einfluss in Europa

March 8. 2018China wants to develop a “world class” military force that can “fight and win wars” by 2049, the 100th anniversary of the founding of the People’s Republic. So it comes as little surprise that the defense budget just got another boost. Military spending will rise by 8.1 percent this year. What’s behind this figure and China’s military modernization drive? Why is the PLA projecting power well beyond Chinese borders? And why are we going to see a lot more PLA activities on the global stage in the future? MERICS research associate Helena Legarda discusses the 2018 military budget and China’s strategies in the new MERICS Experts podcast.