CHINA: Senior analyst urges defence policy rethink

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Updated July 12, 2007 20:23:14

China's former head of military intelligence says it is time his country took a different approach to its defence policy. In a speech delivered in Germany, Xiong Guangkai suggested China pay more attention to non-conventional threats.

Presenter: Rob Sharp
Speakers: Professor Wang Gungwu, head of the East Asian Institute at Singapore's National University

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