Status signaling, multiple audiences, and China’s blue-water naval ambition

Status in World Politics

Volumn , Issue , 2014, Pages 141-162

  Pu, Xiaoyu ^a   Schweller, Randall L ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEVADA   (United States)

^b OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 84923602818     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1017/CBO9781107444409.009     Document Type: Chapter

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