Quote Originally Posted by davidbfpo View Post
A rare first-hand report, sub-titled:Link:https://www.theguardian.com/world/20...bomb-religious
According to Kyle Mizokami and others, China's spending on "internal security" is slightly more than the amount that it spends on defense.

Compared to the United States, China spends roughly 300% more on law enforcement relative to GDP or more than 1.90% of its GDP.

Essentially, in terms of both these areas combined, both countries currently spend roughly 4.00% of GDP each. Therefore, how much actual "slack" is there in the Chinese budget for a large increase in military spending or for a major domestic crisis in Xinjiang/East Turkestan or Tibet?

Given that the Chinese state will struggle to impose 6% nominal GDP growth, unwind/backstop "shadow lending", stem the flight of capital, etc., I would say that the line is taut.