The accessibility of Chinese local government Web sites: An exploratory study

Government Information Quarterly

Volumn 24, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 377-403

  Shi, Yuquan ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

Author keywords

Accessibility; China; Disability; E government; W3C; Web sites

Indexed keywords

EID: 33947684377     PISSN: 0740624X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.giq.2006.05.004     Document Type: Article

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