ISTANBUL  China on Thursday said the increasing defense spending by the US was meant to “maintain its hegemony” in the world, state media reported. Disapproving the US National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA), China’s Defense Ministry spokesman Zhang Xiaogang said the outgoing Biden administration has “played up the alleged ‘China military threat’ as an excuse to increase US military spending and maintain its hegemony.” “This grossly interferes with China’s internal affairs and undermines