Yunnan-A Chinese Bridgehead to Asia: A Case Study of China's Political and Economic Relations with its Neighbours

Yunnan-A Chinese Bridgehead to Asia: A Case Study of China's Political and Economic Relations with its Neighbours

Volumn , Issue , 2013, Pages 1-224

  Summers, Tim ^a,b  

^a CHINESE UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

^b ROYAL INSTITUTE OF INTERNATIONAL AFFAIRS   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 84903401916     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1533/9780857094452     Document Type: Book

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