What China will want: The future intentions of a rising power

Perspectives on Politics

Volumn 5, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 515-534

  Legro, Jeffrey W ^a,b  

^a Woodrow Wilson Department of Politics

^b UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA   (United States)

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EID: 34547981668     PISSN: 15375927     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S1537592707071526     Document Type: Article

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