Constructing the Dragon's scales: China's approach to territorial sovereignty and border relations in the 1980s and 1990s

Journal of Contemporary China

Volumn 12, Issue 37, 2003, Pages 677-698

  Carlson, Allen ^a  

^a Cornell University ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CROSS-BORDER RELATIONS; DIPLOMATIC RELATIONS; FOREIGN POLICY; SOVEREIGNTY; TERRITORIAL DELIMITATION;

CHINA;

EID: 0344121643     PISSN: 10670564     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/1067056032000117704     Document Type: Article

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