Trends in China's transition toward a knowledge economy

Asian Survey

Volumn 45, Issue 6, 2005, Pages 886-906

  Wilson III, Ernest J ^a   Segal, Adam ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND   (United States)

^b Women and US Foreign Policy Program   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ECONOMIC ANALYSIS; MARKET;

ASIA; CHINA; EURASIA; FAR EAST;

EID: 32144449041     PISSN: 00044687     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1525/as.2005.45.6.886     Document Type: Article

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