Chinese Strategic Culture and the Use of Force: moral and political perspectives

Journal of Contemporary China

Volumn 23, Issue 87, 2014, Pages 556-574

  Liu, Tiewa ^a  

^a BEIJING FOREIGN STUDIES UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMMUNISM; INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS; MILITARY INTERVENTION; MORALITY; POLITICAL CONFLICT; POLITICAL RELATIONS; STATE ROLE; UNITED NATIONS;

CHINA; KOREA; VIET NAM;

EID: 84898020609     PISSN: 10670564     EISSN: 14699400     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10670564.2013.843944     Document Type: Article

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