China's involvement in Central Asian petroleum: Convergent or divergent interests?

Asian Survey

Volumn 40, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 377-397

  Andrews Speed, Philip ^a   Vinogradov, Sergei ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF DUNDEE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ENERGY POLICY; FOREIGN POLICY; OIL PRODUCTION; POLICY STRATEGY;

(CENTRAL); ASIA;

EID: 0033898394     PISSN: 00044687     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/3021138     Document Type: Article

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