【新唐人2013年03月04日讯】两会前，中共军方人士向外界释放增加军费的讯息，预计今年中共的军费将高达7500亿元人民币，比30年前增加30倍。评论认为，中共每年增加庞大的军费开支，不仅不能达到维稳保政权的目地，反而会直接加速军队的腐败，更给人民带来沉重的经济负担，社会矛盾也将进一步激化。接下来请看报导。
中共国防专家3月1号表示，由于中国与邻国爆发连串领土争议，军方今年提出，希望“两会”能批准中国军费增长11%到12%。也就是，今年的军费将达到7500亿元人民币，约1200亿美元。
时政评论家蓝述认为，中共增加军费，不是因为中国受到了多边国家的威胁，或钓鱼岛等领土争端问题，最根本的原因是﹕中共要收买军队，巩固自身政权。
蓝述：“中共作为共产极权专政，枪杆子里出政权， 枪杆子，是维持它政权稳定的一个基本要素。 第五代（中共领导人）刚刚取得中共的最高领导权，他们首先要稳定在军队中的权威，所以军费保持两位数增长是不奇怪的。”
军方为了造势宣传，官方《人民网》在两会前还公布了一项民调，声称﹕中国九成网民认为军费增长合理。
针对这项民调的可靠性，蓝述表示质疑。
蓝述：“中共的民调是在没有媒体自由的情况下，在中共一面倒的官方宣传下，做进行的民调，老百姓并没有足够的知情权，所以老百姓的回答，很大程度上是受到中共官方媒体宣传的影响。”
近三十年来，中共在具有重要战略意义和丰富资源的东海、南海海域上，态度日益强硬。去年中共宣布军费开支增幅为11.2％，相当于1060亿美元。但据美国五角大楼估计，去年中共军事实际支出在1200亿到1800亿美元之间。
据报导，中共军委主席习近平已经批准了新规定，支持将军事开支更多的用到发展高科技武器装备和开展军事训练上。
前大陆史学教授刘因全认为，中共增加军费不能从根本上解决中国军力落后的问题。
刘因全﹕“中国从俄罗斯购买二流武器，这样的军费你增加得再多有什么用处呢﹖从长远看，只能是增加一些是破铜烂铁，没有用处。购买二流武器，充不了门面，反而会增加国内极大的财政负担。”
《德国之声》评论说，中共增加军费的同时，也面临着预算难题——腐败蔓延。就在中共中央召开两会前夕，解放军四总部还联合印发了厉行节约严格经费管理的规定。
蓝述：“军费的增加不会解决中国军队的腐败，只能加速它的腐败，中共最大的问题，就是共产党它必须依赖军队去巩固中共的统治，这种情况下，军队就成了一个特权阶层，所以你给军队再多钱，实际上它也就腐败得越厉害。”
相对于逐年递增的巨额军费支出，很多迫在眉睫的民生问题，却因资金投入过少而不能解决，甚至被忽视。最近北京等多地的雾霾污染问题，当局几乎束手无策。
中国权利运动网站负责人胡军：“北京人都不能呼吸了，他们还会维持这个政府吗？会支持这个政府吗？”
中国权利运动网站负责人胡军分析认为，军费的增加，也是维稳费的增加，将会加剧社会矛盾的激化。同时，增加军费的每一分，都是苛捐中国老百姓的杂税，这个沉重的负担，严重伤害底层和中产阶层。胡军担忧，中国社会的裂变，随时都会爆发。
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China’s Military Spending Climbs by Over 10%
Before the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) Two Sessions
opened, the military released news on military spending.
The figure in 2013 is expected to reach 750 billion
yuan, a 30-fold increase compared to 30 years ago.
Political observers say that growth in military spending
cannot stabilize the regime, but only speed up corruption.
Worse still, it will put heavy economic burdens
on the Chinese people, and fuel social conflicts.
On March 1, a CCP defense expert said that the
military hopes the Two Sessions will approve an
increase in military spending by 11%-12% this year.
The expert said this is due to recent territorial disputes
erupting consecutively between China and its neighbors.
This means that China’s military spending in 2013
will reach 750 billion yuan (US $120 billion).
Critic Lan Shu says that the real reason behind it is not due
to threats from its neighbors, nor the Diaoyu Islands dispute.
The truth is that the CCP wants to buy
off the army, to cement the ruling power.
Lan Shu: “The CCP is a totalitarian dictatorship."
It takes it as a tenet that “Ruling power
comes from the barrels of guns".
The newly appointed fifth generation of CCP
leadership will firstly secure its power in the army.
So it’s no wonder to see a double
digit growth in its military spending.”
CCP official website people.com.cn claimed
that 90% of netizens in China think the military spending growth is reasonable.
Lan Shu questions the reliability of the poll.
Lan Shu: “The poll claimed by the CCP is conducted
in the pretext that China still lacks media freedom.
For decades, Chinese civilians have been subjected
to CCP propaganda, but without the right to know.
So their responses have been influenced
greatly by CCP official media.”
In the last 30 years, the CCP has shown a tougher stance on
issues concerning the East China Sea and South China Sea.
Both regions are strategically important, with rich resources.
In 2012, the CCP announced an increase of defense
spending by 11.2%, equivalent to US $106 billion.
However, the US Pentagon estimated that the CCP’s actual
military expenditure was between US $120 ~ 180 billion.
Reportedly, Xi Jinping, chairman of CCP Central
Military Commission, has approved a new regulation.
It supports putting military spending into hi-tech
weaponry development and military training.
Liu Yinquan, former history professor in China, comments.
An increase in military spending is not a fundamental
solution to backwardness of China’s military strength.
Liu Yinquan: “China bought
second-rate weapons from Russia.
So what’s the effect with more growth in
military spending when it’s spent in this way?
In the long run, it will only increase more useless scrap metal.
Second-rate weapons cannot serve as window dressing.
Rather, the expenditure on it will greatly
increase China’s financial burdens.”
Deutsche Welle commented on the
CCP’s increase in defense budget.
It indicates that the CCP also faces a
hard nut to crack; the spread of corruption.
On the eve of the Two Sessions, four General Staff
headquarters of the People’s Liberation Army jointly
issued a regulation on stringent fund management.
Lan Shu: “The increase in military spending cannot cure
the Chinese army’s corruption, but only makes it worse.
The CCP’s biggest problem is that it
has to rely on the army to keep its rule.
So the military has become a privileged class. The
more money it is provided, the more corrupt it will be.”
Facing the immense annually expanded military budgets,
many imminent livelihood issues cannot be solved.
They are even neglected due to lacking funds.
The CCP authorities feel quite helpless with recent haze
pollution that occurred in Beijing and in many other places
Hu Jun , Chief of Human Rights Campaign in China:
“People living in Beijing nearly cannot breathe now.
Will they still help maintain and support this government?”
Hu Jun remarks that growth in military expenditure
is a part of expenses used for stability preservation.
That will intensify social conflicts.
The increased funding all comes from taxes levied
on the ordinary people, which is a real heavy burden.
He believes that the grass-roots and
middle classes will be greatly affected.
Hu Jun is concerned that a fission in society
within China may occur at any time.
