{"id":328649,"date":"2026-03-24T00:00:43","date_gmt":"2026-03-24T00:00:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsisc.com\/videos\/why-is-china-ramping-up-its-military-spending-dw-news\/"},"modified":"2026-03-24T00:00:43","modified_gmt":"2026-03-24T00:00:43","slug":"why-is-china-ramping-up-its-military-spending-dw-news","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsisc.com\/videos\/why-is-china-ramping-up-its-military-spending-dw-news\/","title":{"rendered":"Why is China ramping up its military spending? | DW News"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i1.ytimg.com\/vi\/8_PJlNKFWHk\/hqdefault.jpg\" alt=\"Why is China ramping up its military spending? | DW News\"><br \/> <iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/8_PJlNKFWHk\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe> <\/p>\n<p>China has been on a military spending spree for the last decade.  Its 2026 defense budget is almost seven percent larger than the year before.  New ships, advanced fighters and more nuclear weapons are expected\u2014exact spending targets are not publicly available. Experts say the Chinese People\u2019s Liberation Army is focused on reunification with Taiwan. Beijing sees the island as a renegade province. Analysts say the PLA is drawing lessons from the Russia\u2019s war in Ukraine as well as the US and Israel attack on Iran. The US still has the largest military budget in the world, but China is catching up.<\/p>\n<p>#china #taiwan #dwcurrentaffairs <\/p>\n<p>For more news go to: http:\/\/www.dw.com\/en\/<\/p>\n<p>Follow DW on social media:<br \/>\n\u25baInstagram: https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/dwnews<br \/>\n\u25baTikTok: https:\/\/www.tiktok.com\/@dwnews<br \/>\n\u25baFacebook: https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/deutschewellenews\/<br \/>\n\u25baTwitter: https:\/\/twitter.com\/dwnews<\/p>\n<p>F\u00fcr Videos in deutscher Sprache besuchen Sie: https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/dwdeutsch<\/p>\n<p>Subscribe: https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/user\/deutschewelleenglish?sub_confirmation=1<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>China has been on a military spending spree for the last decade. Its 2026 defense budget is almost seven percent larger than the year before. New ships, advanced fighters and more nuclear weapons are expected\u2014exact spending targets are not publicly available. Experts say the Chinese People\u2019s Liberation Army is focused on reunification with Taiwan. Beijing [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":328650,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"inline_featured_image":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[130889],"tags":[128827,131791,128824],"actors":[],"class_list":["post-328649","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-dw-news","tag-been","tag-china","tag-military"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.3 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Why is China ramping up its military spending? | DW News | News ISC Videos<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Watch Why is China ramping up its military spending? | DW News for free, here on News ISC. 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