12:01AM
China spends more on security inside China than defense outside
Friday, March 18, 2011 at 12:01AM 
Crouching dragon, rolling SegwayPic here
FT story a while back, noting that Chinese internal security spending now bigger - at least officially - than defense. Of course, both numbers are probably underreported, just equally so.
Source was new budget released by China, saying public security will now cost 624B RMB and defense 602B RMB.
In the US federal budget, I would say defense outweighs "security" by more than 2-1.
You want to know why China can never be a true superpower without being democratic? Good example, there.
Reader Comments (1)
Great photo! Looks like the final scene in one of the old James Bond movies. Guess the Chinese can be as silly as anyone else.