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Book Title: Costliest Pearl : China's Struggle for India's Ocean
Item Length: 5.8in
Item Height: 1.3in
Item Width: 8.8in
Author: Bertil Lintner
Format: Hardcover
Language: English
Topic: WORLD / Asian, Geopolitics, Ecosystems & Habitats / Oceans & Seas, International Relations / General, Asia / China
Publisher: C. Hurst AND Company (Publishers) The Limited
Publication Year: 2019
Genre: Nature, History, Political Science
Item Weight: 17.6 Oz
Number of Pages: 288 Pages
