Demolishing partitions: Back to beginnings in the cities?

China Quarterly

Volumn , Issue 159, 1999, Pages 629-639

  Solinger, Dorothy J ^a  

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ECONOMIC POLICY; URBAN ECONOMY; URBAN POLICY;

CHINA;

EID: 0032714064     PISSN: 00094439     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/s0305741000003386     Document Type: Article

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