From ‘paris of the east’ to ‘new york of asia‘?: The (re)development of shanghai as a financial centre

New Economic Spaces in Asian Cities: From Industrial Restructuring to the Cultural Turn

Volumn , Issue , 2012, Pages 150-165

  Lai, Karen ^a  

^a NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE   (Singapore)

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EID: 84921287563     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.4324/9780203860151     Document Type: Chapter

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