Telecommunications and the internet in Shanghai: Political and economic factors shaping the network in a Chinese City

Urban Studies

Volumn 42, Issue 10, 2005, Pages 1837-1858

  Harwit, Eric ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY; INTERNET; TECHNOLOGICAL DEVELOPMENT; TELECOMMUNICATION;

ASIA; CHINA; EASTERN HEMISPHERE; EURASIA; FAR EAST; SHANGHAI; WORLD;

EID: 25844459584     PISSN: 00420980     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00420980500231738     Document Type: Article

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