The tangled web: Does the internet offer promise or peril for the Chinese Cummunist Party?

Journal of Contemporary China

Volumn 13, Issue 40, 2004, Pages 523-540

  Shie, Tamara Renee ^a  

^a MONTEREY INSTITUTE OF INTERNATIONAL STUDIES   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMMUNISM; INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY; INTERNET; STATE ROLE;

ASIA; CHINA; EURASIA; FAR EAST;

EID: 85047693108     PISSN: 10670564     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/1067056042000213382     Document Type: Article

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