Hot potatoes: Chinese complaint systems from early times to the late Qing (1898)

Journal of Asian Studies

Volumn 68, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 1105-1135

  Fang, Qiang ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA DULUTH   (United States)

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EID: 77957275902     PISSN: 00219118     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0021911809990714     Document Type: Review

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