Wikipedia's Protected and Semi-Protected Articles: The China Connection

From the New York Times, a list of Wikipedia articles that are so contentious that they have restrictions on editing them:

Protected Articles
Cannot be edited.

2004 United States election voting controversies, Ohio
Cuba
Islamophobia
Elitism
Kosovo
Human rights in the People's Republic of China
Military budget of the People's Republic of China
Messianic Judaism
George Bernard Shaw
Islam and anti-Semitism
Freedom fighter
Mail-order bride
Moscow Metro

Semi-Protected Articles
Users can edit only if they have been registered with the site for at least four days.

Palestinian refugee
Michael Jackson
Falkland Islands
Gay
Republic of Moldova
George Washington
Jew
Romania
God
Emo
Christianity
French Revolution
William Shakespeare
John Wayne
Ku Klux Klan
Blog
September 11, 2001 attacks
Anarchism
Afghanistan
Michael Jordan
Hamas
Sex
Food
Comfort women
Mahatma Gandhi
Sony
Transcendental Meditation
PlayStation 3
Boston, Massachusetts

The Wikipedia PRC military budget article appearing in this list intrigued me. Here are the reasons why this Wikipedia article is "protected" and labeled "The neutrality of this article is disputed".