Climbing the Weiquan Ladder: A Radicalizing process for rights-protection lawyers

China Quarterly

Volumn , Issue 205, 2011, Pages 40-59

  Hualing, Fu ^a   Cullen, Richard ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

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[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HUMAN RIGHTS; POLITICAL RELATIONS;

EID: 80052187733     PISSN: 03057410     EISSN: 14682648     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0305741010001384     Document Type: Article

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