Dancing thumbs: Mobile telephony in contemporary China

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

Volumn , Issue , 2009, Pages 34-51

  Guo, Zhenzhi ^a   Wu, Mei ^b  

^a TSINGHUA UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MACAU   (Macao)

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EID: 84864552711     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.4324/9780203881132     Document Type: Chapter

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