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Published online by Cambridge University Press:  29 September 2025

Ning Leng
Ning Leng
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Georgetown University, Washington DC

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Politicizing Business
How Firms Are Made to Serve the Party-State in China
 , pp. 189 - 202
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Print publication year: 2025

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