Preaching self-responsibility: The Chinese style of global governance

Journal of Contemporary China

Volumn 22, Issue 80, 2013, Pages 351-365

  Shih, Chih Yu ^a   Huang, Chiung Chiu ^a  

^a NATIONAL TAIWAN UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ETHICS; GOVERNANCE APPROACH; INTERNATIONAL ORGANIZATION; LEADERSHIP; UNITED NATIONS;

BEIJING [CHINA]; CHINA; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84873632689     PISSN: 10670564     EISSN: 14699400     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10670564.2012.734087     Document Type: Article

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