Sino-Japanese rivalry and its implications for developing nations

Asian Survey

Volumn 46, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 538-557

  Dreyer, June Teufel ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI   (United States)

Author keywords

Angarsk pipeline; Article 9; ASEAN; China Japan rivalry; Yasukuni Shrine

Indexed keywords

ASEAN; DEVELOPING WORLD; ECONOMIC IMPACT; POLITICAL CONFLICT; POLITICAL ECONOMY;

ASIA; CHINA; EURASIA; FAR EAST; JAPAN;

EID: 33748512387     PISSN: 00044687     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1525/as.2006.46.4.538     Document Type: Article

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