Resource extraction and national anxieties: China’s economic presence in Mongolia

Eurasian Geography and Economics

Volumn 57, Issue 3, 2016, Pages 343-373

  Jackson, Sara L ^a   Dear, Devon ^b  

^a METROPOLITAN STATE UNIVERSITY OF DENVER   (United States)

^b Independent Scholar   (United States)

Author keywords

China; development; Mining; Mongolia; resource nationalism

Indexed keywords

COPPER; ECONOMIC RELATIONS; EXPORT; FOREIGN DIRECT INVESTMENT; GOLD MINE; INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS; MINING; NATIONALISM; NATURAL RESOURCE; POLITICAL ECONOMY; SOVEREIGNTY;

CHINA; MONGOLIA;

EID: 84991512324     PISSN: 15387216     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/15387216.2016.1243065     Document Type: Article

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