China and the crisis: Global power, domestic caution and local initiative

Contemporary Politics

Volumn 17, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 185-200

  Breslin, Shaun ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WARWICK   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Asset bubbles; China; Export dependence; Global financial crisis; Growth model; Power shift; Rebalancing; Stimulus

Indexed keywords

EID: 79956222513     PISSN: 13569775     EISSN: 14693631     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/13569775.2011.565987     Document Type: Article

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