Internationalisation of the Chinese subnational state and capital: the case of Yunnan and the Greater Mekong Subregion

Australian Journal of International Affairs

Volumn 69, Issue 2, 2015, Pages 185-204

  Tubilewicz, Czeslaw ^a   Jayasuriya, Kanishka ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ADELAIDE   (Australia)

Author keywords

China; geoeconomics; Greater Mekong Subregion; regionalism; South East Asia; Yunnan

Indexed keywords

CAPITAL; ECONOMIC RELATIONS; GLOBALIZATION; GOVERNANCE APPROACH; INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS; REGIONALISM; REGIONALIZATION; STATE ROLE;

BEIJING [CHINA]; CHINA; KUNMING; MEKONG RIVER; YUNNAN;

EID: 84922236463     PISSN: 10357718     EISSN: 1465332X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10357718.2014.978739     Document Type: Article

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