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Eurasian Geography and Economics Volume 57, 2016 - Issue 3: The Geoeconomics and Geopolitics of Chinese Development and Investment in Asia
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Nationalism and anti-ethno-politics: why ‘Chinese Development’ failed at Myanmar’s Myitsone Dam

Laur KiikAsian Studies, Tallinn University, Tallinn, EstoniaCorrespondence[email protected]
Pages 374-402 | Received 02 Jul 2015, Accepted 02 Jun 2016, Published online: 22 Jun 2016

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