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China's Great Leap : The Beijing Games and Olympian Human Rights Challenges. Minky Worden

Author: Minky Worden
Published Date: 29 May 2008
Publisher: Seven Stories Press,U.S.
Original Languages: English
Book Format: Paperback::336 pages
ISBN10: 1583228438
ISBN13: 9781583228432
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Dimension: 139x 209x 22.61mm::402g
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