(A man holds a gun at an exhibit of weapons at the China International Exhibition on Police Equipment in Beijing)

According to a Swedish think-tank, China has overtaken Britain as the world's fifth largest arms exporter, declared on Monday.

To get into detail, the volume of Chinese weapons exports rose by 162 per cent in the five-year period 2008-2012, compared to the previous five-year period, the Stockholm International Peace Research Institute (Sipri) as declared in its report which brings China's share of all international arms exports increased to 5 per cent from 2 per cent, and the country climbed to fifth from eighth in the rankings.

According to Sipri, the largest buyer of Chinese weapons was Pakistan, which accounted for 55 per cent of the country's exports, followed by Myanmar with 8 per cent and Bangladesh with 7 per cent.

Mr Paul Holtom, director of the Sipri Arms Transfers Programme says, that China's rise has been driven primarily by large-scale arms acquisitions by Pakistan.

To conclude, as a reason of a number of recent deals indicate that China is establishing itself as a significant arms supplier to a growing number of important recipient states.

It's was indeed a marvelous growth for china!

(AW: Samrat Biswas)