Table of Contents

CHAPTER1 INTRODUCTION
1.1 China and Intellectual Property
1.1.1 Domestication
1.1.2 Penetration
1.2 Intellectual Property Under Critique
1.3 A Conquest or a Retreat？
1.4 Waning of Socialism as Postsocialist Sentiment
1.5 Chapter Outline
CHAPTER 2 A POSTSOCIALIST FRIENDSHIP： THE AFFECTIVE PURSUIT OF SOUL AND FLESH
2.1 Introduction
2.2 Soul and Flesh： The Novel
2.3 The Debate on the Meaning of the Novel
2.4 Friendship，Affect，and Soul and Flesh Re—read
2.5 Epilogue
CHAPTER 3 CRITIQUE OF AN INTELLECTUAL FASHION： USELESS AND JIA ZHANGKE'S EMERGING IMPASS
3.1 Introduction： A Choreographed Encounter／non—encounter
3.2 Jia Zhangke's Aesthetics and Politics： Staring at the Real
3.2.1 The Real and the Ordinary
3.2.2 The Intellectuals
3.2.3 Aesthetics vs Politics： Recording Without Representing
3.3 Useless： Between the Intellectuals and the Ordinary
3.4 The Truth of the Choreography？
3.5 After Useless
CHAPTER 4 MAO'S POLITICAL ECONOMY，OR，FOR ANOTHER POLITICS OF CREATIVE INDUSTRY
4.1 Introduction
4.2 Politics of Creative Industries
4.2.1 Nicolas Garnham
4.2.2 Stuart Cunningham and Terry Flew
4.2.3 Richard Florida
4.2.4 Toby Miller
4.3 State，Market，and Mao's Political Economy
CHAPTER 5 VIEWS ON CREATIVE INDUSTRY：NOTES FROM CHONGQING
5.1 Introduction：Two Takes
5.1.1 Take One：Comparability and Timefulness
5.1.2 Take Two：What About Nanaimo？
5.2 Chongqing：From Heavy Industry to Creative Industry
5.2.1 Chongqing：An Industrial History
5.2.2 Toward a City of Creative Industry：Creative Industry Initiatives in Chongqing（2006—2008）
5.3 An Ethnographic Study
5.3.1 Research Questions，lnterview Questions and Data Collection
5.3.2 Data
5.3.3 Findings &—Discussions
5.4 Conclusion
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Everything comes out of Xiuzhi.When she comes home from work，chickens，ducks，geese，and pigeons come along with here.Qingqing is on her back，the poultry grouping around her feet，pigeons standing over her shoulder，woods burning in the stove，water boiling in pots.She had not learned operations management，but she is like the budha with a thousand arms，taking care of everything with calm，order，and thoroughness.（p.160）
While enjoying this ssfamilial warmth which he had never tasted"，Xu fully recognizes the political economic significance of Xiuzhi's production："Xiuzhi has the ability to reverse the law of social development，when others call for a transition to communism，she has completed a recoup of natural economy versus commodity economy，"and their marriage"reinforces his affection for this land，making him more aware of the simplicity，purity，and propriety of a labor—centered way of life.And this is the joyful satisfaction that he had pursued many years ago."（p.160—161）
Thus，through Xiuzhi，a woman of natural goodness，a vision of good life and one that is qualitatively different from socialism is completed.In this image of good life is also the end of Xu's affective pursuit.From the brown horse，fellow herdsmen，to Xiuzhi，the trajectory Xu's affective life draws a circle of fraternization around himself.For Xu，the radius of the circle is his safe and joyous survival which is secured by these friends' warmth，protection，and productivity.