Neo Oasis: The Xinjiang Bingtuan in the twenty-first century

Asian Studies Review

Volumn 33, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 83-106

  Cliff, Thomas Matthew James ^a  

^a AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

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EID: 77950762594     PISSN: 10357823     EISSN: 14678403     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10357820802714807     Document Type: Article

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