Towards a digital economy with Chinese characteristics?

New Media and Society

Volumn 4, Issue 2, 2002, Pages 141-162

  Dai, Xiudian ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HULL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

China; Digital divide; Economic development; Globalization; Industrialization and informatization; Information and communications technologies (ICTs); Internet; New economy; Telecommunications

Indexed keywords

EID: 0036281369     PISSN: 14614448     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/14614440222226316     Document Type: Article

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