China withholds full domestic-security spending figure

BEIJING (Reuters) - After three years in a row in which China's domestic security budget drew headlines for exceeding the fast-growing military budget, this year the government did not publicise the overall figure despite a stepped up focus on stability at home.

Domestic security spending covers everything from monitoring dissidents online and eavesdropping on journalists to trying to stop attacks like the one at the weekend in Kunming in which 29 people were killed by knife-wielding assailants.