China's new budget to put priority on farmers, military

Sunday, March 7, 2004

BEIJING -- Putting its money on stability, the Chinese government on Saturday announced a 2004 budget that sharply raises spending for the restive countryside and hands a double-digit increase to an outdated military grappling with a changing world.

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