Beijing considers the self-ruled island of Taiwan to be part of its territory and has not ruled out using military force to claim it.
“The more rampant ‘Taiwan independence’ separatists become, the tighter the noose around their necks and the sharper the sword hanging over their heads will be,“ army spokesman Wu Qian said in an interview published by state broadcaster CCTV.
“You’ve ridden your steed to a precipice of a cliff, but behind you lies land -- if you persist in taking the wrong course, you will meet a dead end,“ he warned.
The increase, the same percentage as in 2024, will drive the rapid modernisation of China’s armed forces as strategic competition with the United States intensifies.
Calling the increase “limited... reasonable and stable”, Wu said the extra cash would be used to develop “combat forces in new fields and with new qualities”, and to enhance reconnaissance, joint strike and battlefield support capabilities.
China’s military spending has been on the rise for decades, broadly in line with economic growth.
Beijing’s 1.78-trillion-yuan ($245.7-billion) budget for this year is still less than a third of Washington’s.
But its defence expansion is viewed with suspicion by Washington, as well as other powers in the region.
China describes its military stance as “defensive” and aimed at preserving its sovereignty.
But its sweeping territorial claims over areas controlled by other governments have raised fears of a regional clash.
On Friday, China’s Foreign Minister Wang Yi told a press conference that Taiwan coming under China’s control was the “shared hope of all Chinese people, the general trend of the time, and a righteous cause”.
Last month, Taiwan’s Ministry of Defence condemned China for holding “live-fire” exercises to the island’s south. Beijing defended the drills as “routine”.
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