Assigning Role Characteristics to China: The Role State Versus The Ego State

Foreign Policy Analysis

Volumn 8, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 71-91

  Shih, Chih Yu ^a  

^a NATIONAL TAIWAN UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

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EID: 84855443577     PISSN: 17438586     EISSN: 17438594     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1743-8594.2011.00158.x     Document Type: Article

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