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Original Articles

Industrial Development and Spatial Structure in Changzhou City, China: The Restructuring of the Sunan Model

Y. H. Dennis WeiUniversity of Utah
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Chaolin GuTsinghua University
Pages 321-347 | Published online: 16 May 2013

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