Niklas Swanström was quoted by AFP on China’s biggest increase to its military budget since 2019

March 6, 2023: Niklas Swanström, ISDP’s Executive Director, was quoted by AFP on China’s biggest increase to its military budget since 2019.

“China is modernising its armed forces overall, much-needed investments as some units are among the world’s best trained and equipped but other units are still lagging decades behind,” said Niklas Swanström.

The quote was published in several news outlets, you can read the article for example here.