"Universal service" and China's telecommunications miracle: Discourses, practices, and post-WTO accession challenges

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Volumn 9, Issue 2-3, 2007, Pages 108-121

  Zhao, Yuezhi ^a  

^a SIMON FRASER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

China; Public sector organizations; Telecommunication networks

Indexed keywords

COMMUNICATION NETWORK; PUBLIC SECTOR; PUBLIC SERVICE; TELECOMMUNICATION;

ASIA; CHINA; EURASIA; FAR EAST;

EID: 34547395802     PISSN: 14636697     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/14636690710734733     Document Type: Article

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