Xi decade rule reshapes China’s military, and the region During Xi Jinping's decade-long rule, China has built the world's largest navy, revamped the globe's biggest standing army, and amassed a nuclear and ballistic arsenal to trouble any foe.
South Korea, India and Pakistan are not far behind.
They began in the 1990s, when Jiang Zemin was shocked and awed into action by US military prowess during the Gulf War and the Third Taiwan Strait Crisis.
Beijing's military budget has now increased for 27 consecutive years, according to the Stockholm International Peace Research Institute.
Xi's 'huge favour' Many of the big-ticket military projects around the region plainly have deterrence in mind -- whether it is thwarting the "little blue men" of Beijing's naval militias or a conventional attack.
There is also discussion in Canberra about obtaining hypersonic weapons, longer-range ballistic missiles and even state-of-the-art B-21 stealth bombers, capable of striking anywhere in the world virtually undetected.
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