Navigating between disaggregating nation states and entrenching processes of globalisation: Reconceptualising the Chinese diaspora in Southeast Asia

Journal of Contemporary China

Volumn 18, Issue 58, 2009, Pages 69-91

  Jacobsen, Michael ^a  

^a NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DIASPORA; GLOBALIZATION; INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS; NATION STATE; SOVEREIGNTY; TERRITORIAL DISINTEGRATION;

ASIA; CHINA; EURASIA; FAR EAST; SOUTHEAST ASIA;

EID: 57649225928     PISSN: 10670564     EISSN: 14699400     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10670560802431669     Document Type: Article

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