Chinese middle class: Reality or illusion?

Patterns of Middle Class Consumption in India and China

Volumn , Issue , 2008, Pages 110-126

  Zhou, Xiaohong ^a  

^a NANJING UNIVERSITY   (China)

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EID: 84870878182     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.4135/9788178299976.n5     Document Type: Chapter

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