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   In a TV live broadcast, Chinese defence ministry spokesman Sr. Col. Hu Changming introduces a white paper on China's National Defense in 2008 at a press conference in Beijing, Jan. 20, 2009.
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Spokesperson: China's national defense white paper "updated, practical"  
  BEIJING, Jan. 20 (Xinhua) -- The white paper on China's national defense in 2008 is "updated, practical, consistent and systematic", said a spokesperson here on Tuesday.

  The Information Office of China's State Council on Tuesday issued a white paper titled "China's National Defense in 2008". Hu Changming, spokesperson for the Ministry of National Defense summarized the following four features of the white paper at a press conference:
 
White Paper 2008
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★ White Paper 2004
★ White Paper 2002
★ White Paper 2000
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Full Text: China's National Defense in 2008
Mainland calls for military trust amid warming cross-Straits relations
China first reveals defense expenditure figures of past 30 years
China develops weaponry within its economic capacity
China actively participates in UN peacekeeping operations
Military attaches of 76 countries briefed on China's national defense white paper
White paper: PLA information technology enters new era of all-round development
White Paper: China's Air Force to speed up informationization
White paper: China's defense technology serves both military, civilian needs
White paper: China's armed forces belong to the people
China committed to int'l mechanisms on arms control, non-proliferation
White Paper: China persists in int'l security cooperation
   
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