Beijing's Olympic-sized catch-22

Washington Quarterly

Volumn 31, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 105-123

  Cha, Victor D ^a,b,c  

^a Department of Asian Studies ^*

^b GEORGETOWN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c Pacific Council for International Policy

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EID: 45749106659     PISSN: 0163660X     EISSN: 15309177     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1162/wash.2008.31.3.105     Document Type: Article

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