US Scolds China for Excessive Military Buildup

World | June 4, 2005, Saturday // 00:00
US Scolds China for Excessive Military Buildup China's military buildup, particularly its positioning of hundreds of missiles facing Taiwan, is a threat to Asian security, US Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld said Saturday at a regional security conference in Singapore. Photo by www.defenselink.mil

China's military buildup, particularly its positioning of hundreds of missiles facing Taiwan, is a threat to Asian security, US Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld said Saturday. Rumsfeld rebuked China at a regional security conference in Singapore, saying it was pouring huge resources into its military and buying large amounts of sophisticated weapons despite facing no threat from any other country. The Pentagon chief's remarks signalled a harder line against China from the Bush administration, which has criticized Beijing over trade and human rights issues but not directly challenged its military buildup. The director of the Asia bureau of China's foreign ministry, Cui Tiankai, was in the audience for Rumsfeld's speech and reacted strongly. "Since the US is spending a lot more money than China is doing on defense, the US should understand that every country has its own security concerns and every country is entitled to spend money necessary for its own defense," Cui said after Rumsfeld's remarks.

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