Spatio-Temporal Mapping of Fang Fang’s Wuhan Diary: Applying Named Entity Recognition in Chinese Studies
By: Thore Tyborski
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.5334/johd.544 | Journal eISSN: 2059-481X
Language: English
Page range: 97 - 97
Submitted on: Mar 31, 2026
Accepted on: Jul 1, 2026
Published on: Jul 21, 2026
Published by: Ubiquity Press
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