Selflessness and self-interest: public morality and the Xu Honggang campaign

Journal of Contemporary China

Volumn 7, Issue 18, 1998, Pages 257-269

  Einwalter, Dawn ^a,b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^b University of Nevada ^*

^c UNIVERSITY OF NEVADA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

POLITICAL DISCOURSE; PUBLIC MORALITY; SELF-INTEREST; SELFLESSNESS;

CHINA;

EID: 0031824201     PISSN: 10670564     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10670569808724315     Document Type: Article

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