Time-space punctuation: Hong Kong's border regime and limits on mobility

Pacific Affairs

Volumn 81, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 175-193

  Smart, Alan ^a   Smart, Josephine ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALGARY   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BORDER REGION; GLOBALIZATION; MOBILITY; SOVEREIGNTY;

ASIA; CHINA; EURASIA; FAR EAST; HONG KONG;

EID: 53749103206     PISSN: 0030851X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5509/2008812175     Document Type: Article

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