The paradox of the state-run media promoting poor governance in China: Case studies of a party newspaper and an anticorruption film

Critical Asian Studies

Volumn 39, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 63-88

  Murphy, Rachel ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MEDIA ROLE; PARTY POLITICS; STATE ROLE;

ASIA; CHINA; EURASIA; FAR EAST;

EID: 33947253987     PISSN: 14672715     EISSN: 14726033     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/14672710601171723     Document Type: Article

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