Made in China: IT infrastructure policy and the politics of trade opening in post-WTO China

Review of International Political Economy

Volumn 14, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 49-76

  Bell, Stephen ^a   Feng, Hui ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

Author keywords

Chinese politics; Globalization; Industrial policy; State theory; Technical regulation; Trade policy

Indexed keywords

EID: 33845810074     PISSN: 09692290     EISSN: 14664526     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/09692290601081343     Document Type: Review

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