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Pentagon's annual report: China speeding pace of military buildup

File photo shows Chinese amphibious tanks and marines storming a beachhead in an amphibious assault drill on the Shandong Peninsula. China's defence budget will rise 17.6 percent this year, a parliament spokesman said Tuesday, a day after the United States expressed concerns over the Asian nation's expanding military power.

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