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 bibliography