Confucius the Chameleon: Dubious envoy for "Brand China"

Boundary 2

Volumn 38, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 77-100

  Louie, Kam ^a,b,c  

^a Department of Humanities and Medicine ^*

^b UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

^c Royal Historical Society   (Australia)

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EID: 79952769861     PISSN: 01903659     EISSN: 15272141     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1215/01903659-1262554     Document Type: Review

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