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　　中国成全球第五大武器出口国
　　China has ousted the UK as the world’s fifth-largest arms exporter, mainly because of sales to Pakistan, according to a new report on global weapons sales.
　　The Stockholm International Peace Research Institute on Monday said Chinese arms exports rose 162 per cent between 2021 to 2021, propelling China into the top five arms exporting countries for the first time since the cold war. This marks the first time that the UK has not been one of the top five conventional arms exporters since at least 1950, the earliest year covered by Sipri data.
　　Pakistan accounted for 55 per cent of Chinese arms exports between 2021 and 2021, according to Sipri. During that time, China’s share of global arms exports rose to 5 per cent from 2 per cent in the 2021-2021 period, boosting the country from eighth to fifth place in the global ranking.
　　“Military exports are one way for China to increase its international status,” said Li Hong, secretary-general of the China Arms Control and Disarmament Association. “China needs to increase its influence in regional affairs and from that perspective it needs to increase weapons exports further.”
　　Chinese defence spending is now second only to US military outlays. At current growth rates, Chin