Jingdong Yuan
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Biography
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Associate Professor Yuan specialises in Asia-Pacific security, Chinese defence and foreign policy, and global and regional arms control and non-proliferation issues in the Department of Government and International Relations at the University of Sydney.
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China's defence spending: What's behind the slowdown?
Beijing will continue to spend as appropriate on its defence, but at a level that won’t cause too much alarm and can't be used in ‘China threat’ rhetoric.