Internet Activism & the Party-State in China

Daedalus

Volumn 143, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 110-123

  Yang, Guobin ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

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EID: 84897009911     PISSN: 00115266     EISSN: 15486192     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1162/DAED_a_00276     Document Type: Article

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