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  • China's huge show of force at military parade may push India to buy new weapons

    China's grand parade is likely to trigger an arms race in its neighbourhood, an expert told TOI on Wednesday. Countries like India and Japan, which have territorial disputes with China, are likely to act quickly on the basis of Beijing's new weapons capability and will try and match its capability, the expert noted.

    "India will spend a lot more on military capabilities, I am sure. It's already an important military power," Zhang Yunling, director of international relations at government-run China Academy of Social Sciences, told TOI. Speaking about Japan, Zhang said, "Japan's PM Shinzo Abe will use the parade as an argument for spending more on military."

    India is being represented by minister of state of defence, Gen (retd) V K Singh. It was invited to send its soldiers for the parade, but New Delhi decided against it.

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    The spectacle involved more than 12,000 troops, 500 pieces of military hardware and 200 aircraft of various types, representing what military officials say is the Chinese military's most cutting-edge technology.

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