Chinese Business migration to Australia, Canada and the United States: State policy and the global immigration marketplace

Asian and Pacific Migration Journal

Volumn 12, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 301-336

  Wong, Lloyd L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALGARY   (Canada)

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EID: 17444406286     PISSN: 01171968     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/011719680301200303     Document Type: Article

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