The political cost of information control in China: The nation-state and governance

China's Information and Communications Technology Revolution: Social Changes and State Responses

Volumn , Issue , 2009, Pages 136-155

  Zheng, Yongnian ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NOTTINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 80053529473     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.4324/9780203881132     Document Type: Chapter

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