How the Chinese government fabricates social media posts for strategic distraction, not engaged argument

American Political Science Review

Volumn 111, Issue 3, 2017, Pages 484-501

  King, Gary ^a   Pan, Jennifer ^b   Roberts, Margaret E ^c  

^a HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

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EID: 85026351360     PISSN: 00030554     EISSN: 15375943     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0003055417000144     Document Type: Article

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