Haven under erasure?: Hong Kong, global Asia and human rights

Journal of Contemporary Asia

Volumn 38, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 300-318

  Lai, Ming Yan ^a  

^a CHINESE UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

Activism; Globalisation; Hong Kong; Human rights

Indexed keywords

EID: 38649086378     PISSN: 00472336     EISSN: 17527554     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00472330701822348     Document Type: Article

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