Erratum: Taking human rights to China: An assessment of the EU's approach (China Quarterly 205 (60) DOI:10.1017/S0305741010001396);Taking Human Rights to China: An assessment of the EU's approach

China Quarterly

Volumn , Issue 205, 2011, Pages 60-79

  Kinzelbach, Katrin ^a   Thelle, Hatla ^b  

^a Global Public Policy Institute   (Germany)

^b The Danish Institute for Human Rights   (Denmark)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EUROPEAN UNION; HUMAN RIGHTS;

CHINA; EUROPE;

EID: 79960262429     PISSN: 03057410     EISSN: 14682648     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0305741011000348     Document Type: Erratum

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