The Internet in China: Technologies of freedom in a statist society

The Network Society: A Cross-Cultural Perspective

Volumn , Issue , 2004, Pages 99-124

  Qiu, Jack Linchuan ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA   (United States)

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EID: 77949890415     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.4337/9781845421663.00014     Document Type: Chapter

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