Redefining the brain drain: China's 'diaspora option'

Science, Technology and Society

Volumn 13, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 1-33

  Zweig, David ^a   Fung, Chung Siu ^a   Han, Donglin ^a  

^a HONG KONG UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BRAIN DRAIN; DIASPORA; MODERNIZATION; STUDENT;

ASIA; CALIFORNIA; CANADA; CHINA; EURASIA; FAR EAST; NORTH AMERICA; SILICON VALLEY; UNITED STATES;

EID: 55249126380     PISSN: 09717218     EISSN: 09730796     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/097172180701300101     Document Type: Article

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