[lenkite]

> The very low funding on military means he can invest so much more into themselves and that's how they grow so much more

China is now the nation with the second highest military expenditure after the USA. It has increased its military budget continuously year by year. China’s military spending far exceeds that of its neighbours and was greater than the combined expenditure of India, Russia, Japan, South Korea, and Taiwan in 2019.

https://www.csis.org/analysis/understanding-chinas-2021-defe... https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_countries_by_military_...

Due to significant increase in the last few years, all the neighbours are also now forced to drastically increase their expenditure.