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"A World To Win": China, the Afro-Asian Writers' Bureau, and the Reinvention of World Literature

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"A World To Win": China, the Afro-Asian Writers' Bureau, and the Reinvention of World Literature. / Vanhove, Pieter.
In: Critical Asian Studies, Vol. 51, No. 2, 03.04.2019, p. 144-165.

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Vanhove P. "A World To Win": China, the Afro-Asian Writers' Bureau, and the Reinvention of World Literature. Critical Asian Studies. 2019 Apr 3;51(2):144-165. Epub 2018 Nov 27. doi: 10.1080/14672715.2018.1544499

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Vanhove, Pieter. / "A World To Win" : China, the Afro-Asian Writers' Bureau, and the Reinvention of World Literature. In: Critical Asian Studies. 2019 ; Vol. 51, No. 2. pp. 144-165.

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