Seeds of dissent: The politics of resistance to Beijing's Olympic redevelopment

Dissent and Cultural Resistance in Asia's Cities

Volumn , Issue , 2009, Pages 14-32

  Broudehoux, Anne Marie ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DU QUÉBEC À MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

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DOI: 10.4324/9780203880159     Document Type: Chapter

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