Transboundary environmental issues of the mekong river: Cooperation or conflicts among the Riparian countries

China-ASEAN Relations: Economic and Legal Dimensions

Volumn , Issue , 2006, Pages 179-197

  Lu, Xixi ^a  

^a NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE   (Singapore)

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EID: 84967444014     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1142/9789812707161_0010     Document Type: Chapter

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