Who Owns China's Land? Policies, Property Rights and Deliberate Institutional Ambiguity

Peter Ho

doi:10.1017/s0009443901000195

Who Owns China's Land? Policies, Property Rights and Deliberate Institutional Ambiguity

Bibliographic Data

ID	23329967
Authors	Peter Ho (0000-0002-2533-0183)
Year	2001
Volume	166
Publication date	2001-06-01
Peer Reviewed	Yes
Open Access	No
Type	ARTICLE
Venue	The China Quarterly (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiers	ISSN: 0009-4439 • E-ISSN: 1468-2648
Publisher	Cambridge University Press (CUP) (PUBLISHER)
DOI	10.1017/s0009443901000195
Language	EN
Citations received	144

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