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Research Article

Translation policies for courtroom interactions with ethnic minorities at a Chinese court: integrating ethnographic fieldwork and complexity theory

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Pages 193-209 | Received 18 Jan 2022, Accepted 12 Apr 2023, Published online: 04 May 2023

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