The Third Front: Defence Industrialization In The Chinese Interior

The China Quarterly

Volumn 115, Issue , 1988, Pages 351-386

  Naughton, Barry ^a  

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EID: 84976150926     PISSN: 03057410     EISSN: 14682648     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S030574100002748X     Document Type: Article

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