Poles of market growth?: Open questions about China, information and the world economy

Global Media and Communication

Volumn 1, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 79-103

  Schiller, Dan ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA CHAMPAIGN   (United States)

Author keywords

China; Information; Media; Political economy; Telecommunications; Transnational capitalism

Indexed keywords

EID: 43449128691     PISSN: 17427665     EISSN: 17427673     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1742766505050174     Document Type: Article

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