A data graphic appears to show China outpacing the U.S. on its military spending by hundreds of billions of dollars, causing some confusion on social media.
These actions might lead one to think, as some social media users have interpreted the graph to mean, that China is now pumping significantly more into its military in anticipation of conflict.
It's confusingly formatted, but there are two Y-axes; along the left spending is tracked up to $300 billion, and on the right up to $1 trillion, with the X-axis measuring spending each year from 1992-2021.
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