Of Belts and Ladders: State Policy and Uneven Regional Development in Post-Mao China

Annals of the Association of American Geographers

Volumn 85, Issue 3, 1995, Pages 421-449

  Fan, C Cindy ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DEVELOPING COUNTRY; ECONOMIC REFORM; REGIONAL DEVELOPMENT; REGIONAL INEQUALITY; REGIONAL POLICY; SPATIAL RESTRUCTURING; STATE POLICY; UNEVEN DEVELOPMENT;

CHINA;

EID: 0029539823     PISSN: 00045608     EISSN: 14678306     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-8306.1995.tb01807.x     Document Type: Article

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