A normalized dragon: Constructing China's security identity

Pacific Focus

Volumn 28, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 243-268

  Ogden, Chris ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ST ANDREWS   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

China; Chinese Communist Party; Great power; Norms; Security identity; Xinhai Revolution

Indexed keywords

EID: 84881327630     PISSN: 12254657     EISSN: 19765118     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/pafo.12010     Document Type: Article

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