Mao's legacy revisited: Its lasting impact on China and post-Mao era reform

Asian Politics and Policy

Volumn 3, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 3-27

  Wei, C X George ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MACAU   (Macao)

Author keywords

Capitalism; Chinese development strategy; Cultural revolution; Mao Zedong; Post Mao reform

Indexed keywords

EID: 80055035691     PISSN: 19430779     EISSN: 19430787     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1943-0787.2010.01236.x     Document Type: Article

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