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Japan flags Chinese army’s growing role as risk issue

Kiyoshi Takenaka, Reuters
July 31, 2012
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Japan on Tuesday flagged the Chinese army's growing role in shaping the country's foreign policy as a security risk, saying a sense of caution exists across East Asia about Beijing's apparent military expansion in the region.
 
In its annual defense white paper, Tokyo said some believe that relations between the People's Liberation Army (PLA) and the Communist Party leadership were "getting complex" and said this was a matter of concern.
 
There is a possibility that the degree of military influence on foreign policy decisions has been changing, the paper said, without elaborating.
 
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