Arms sales are among the most lucrative industries in the world, and despite a general global economic downturn in 2019, the arms trade has not been reduced by the economic downturn. According to the 2019 global arms sales report released by the Stockholm International Peace Research Institute (SIPRI) in Sweden, the total sales of 25 military companies in the world reached a staggering $361 billion last year, of which the United States still ranked first in the world, with 12 companies on the list, accounting for 61% of sales. However, what is unexpected is that China's arms sales have "jumped to the second place in the world", even far surpassing Russia and some European countries.
After seeing the list, the US media hurriedly rendered China has become the "world's number two arms dealer", accusing China of making a windfall in the war, at the regular press conference of the Chinese Foreign Ministry on December 8, some media asked the spokesperson Hua Chunying about the list, and Hua Chunying said that the Chinese side did not know about the source of data and statistical standards, and china has been strictly controlling the export of military products, and resolutely does not sell weapons to non-state actors, which is essentially different from individual countries such as the United States. In conclusion, Hua Chunying stressed that China will continue to strengthen cooperation with all parties to help regulate the global arms trade.
Obviously, the Swedish think tank's world arms market report has a problem of right and wrong, in fact, for the Swedish think tank's world arms market report, in recent years, many countries have questioned, Moscow State Higher University of Economics professor believes that the report ignores a lot of objective factors, the data and the real situation is not consistent at all. According to the observation of the Western media, the financial owner behind the agency is the US arms company, which means that it is difficult for their reports to maintain an objective position, so it is necessary to severely refute the accusations of the US media.
As a responsible world power, China has always been cautious in its foreign arms sales, and at the same time, the sale of weapons and equipment and the United States are completely different, there will be no harsh additional conditions, and the two sides of the transaction are fair relations. And China has officially joined the "Arms Trade Treaty" in July this year, which requires the signatory countries to ensure that they strengthen the review of arms purchases and prevent weapons from falling into the hands of terrorists, while the arms sales agreements signed by China and other countries are all aimed at ensuring the national defense and security of the country, never making war money, and the US media has no right to accuse China.
Since President Trump took office, the United States has opened the withdrawal procedure of the Arms Trade Treaty, and Trump himself will go to countries around the world every year to "bring goods" to sell the latest weapons and equipment developed by arms companies. For the arms buyers the White House never does screening, half of the UNITED States exports weapons to the Middle East conflict area, the Pentagon even often by provoking regional contradictions to force relevant countries to sign orders, this behavior has seriously violated international regulations, but also to the regional stability of the situation to create instability.
In recent years, both US politicians and the media are hyping up the changes in the strength of the People's Liberation Army, and its purpose is definitely not to praise China's development, but more like "killing" China, arousing the hatred of neighboring countries for us, and then building a so-called encirclement circle against China with the United States, after all, the White House has been implementing the strategy of containing China and wanting to hinder China's expansion of influence on the international stage.
As a peace-loving country, China has always pursued a defensive national defense strategy, which is well known in the world, so the US conspiracy can not succeed after all, in the 21st century, any Cold War thinking is to reverse the history, the White House should avoid pushing the United States to the opposite side of the world.