Power and production: Rethinking China's global economic role

Review of International Studies

Volumn 31, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 735-753

  Breslin, Shaun ^a  

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EID: 26444530958     PISSN: 02602105     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S026021050500673X     Document Type: Review

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