To be or not to be?-China's cultural policy and counterhegemony strategy toward global hollywood from 1994 to 2000

Journal of International and Intercultural Communication

Volumn 3, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 38-58

  Su, Wendy ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

China; Cultural Globalization; Cultural Imperialism; Cultural Policy; Hollywood

Indexed keywords

EID: 79960529144     PISSN: 17513057     EISSN: 17513065     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/17513050903428091     Document Type: Article

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