China criticizes US defense reports - News

China criticizes US defense reports.<br />China said the US defense report that it strengthens its nuclear and missile forces to change the international order is "provocative".<br /><br />In a statement today, China's Defense Ministry spokesman Wu Khiem expressed "stubborn opposition" to the "China Military Strength Report" recently released by the US Department of Defense.<br /><br />The Chinese Military Strength Report released by the Pentagon on September 1 is an annual report submitted to the US congress since 2000 to provide parliamentarians with the latest assessment of the expansion process. China's defense power<br /><br />According to Wu, the China Military Strength Report 2020 "promotes the so-called Chinese threat and defames the modernization of the Chinese military". The US report "raises unsubstantiated allegations of China's military spending, nuclear policy and the Taiwan issue," Wu said.<br /><br />"China's military achievements are driven to protect national sovereignty, security and development, not against or threaten any country," Wu said, adding that the US report is flaunt "hegemony, provocation" and "damage the two countries' military relations.<br /><br />The main concern outlined in the Pentagon's China Military Strength Report 2020 is that China strengthens its army, air,