The making of independent auditing standards in China

Accounting Horizons

Volumn 14, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 69-89

  Xiao, Jason Zezhong ^a   Zhang, Yikuan ^b   Xie, Zhihua ^b  

^a CARDIFF UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b BEIJING TECHNOLOGY AND BUSINESS UNIVERSITY   (China)

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EID: 0012238425     PISSN: 08887993     EISSN: 15587975     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2308/acch.2000.14.1.69     Document Type: Article

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